English Explanatory Dictionary

bowenite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.

Word forms

bowenite bowenites

Etymology

Coined in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honor of George Bowen, who originally analysed it, + -ite.

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