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)

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

Translations

A type of serpentine rock

• Maori: tangiwai

See also

• bowenite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Bowenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “bowenite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.