bowenite
bowenite · bowenites
A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigoriteA hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
Origin
Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it,Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it, + -ite.
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