BOWENITE Definition & Meaning

bowenite

[ boh-uh-nahyt ]

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Mineralogy.

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1840–50; named after G. T. Bowen, 19th-century American geologist; -ite ¹

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Examples have not been reviewed.

The bad news for the Richmond museum: Most of Mrs. Pratt’s two dozen flowers made of semiprecious stones like nephrite and bowenite are Fauxbergé.

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Under it one may purchase jadeite, nephrite, bowenite, amazonite, or frequently simply green glass.

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