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bowenite

bowenite noun: a hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.

Noun

bowenite (countable and uncountable, plural bowenites)

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

Forms of bowenite

pluralbowenites

Origin of bowenite

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

Questions about bowenite

What does bowenite mean?
Bowenite means a hard, compact variety of the serpentine species antigorite.
What part of speech is bowenite?
Bowenite is a noun.
What is the plural of bowenite?
The plural of bowenite is bowenites.

Words near bowenite in the dictionary

  1. Bowen technique
  2. Bowen's disease
  3. Bowen-Armstrong syndrome
  4. Bowen-Conradi syndrome
  5. Bowenfels
  6. bowenite
  7. bowenites
  8. bowenoid
  9. Bowenvale
  10. Bowenwork
  11. bower

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