bowenite
English
Etymology
Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it, + -ite.
Noun
bowenite (countable and uncountable, plural bowenites)
- (mineralogy) A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
Translations
A type of serpentine rock
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See also
bowenite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Bowenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “bowenite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.