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bowenite
[ boh-uh-nahyt ]
noun
, Mineralogy.
- a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
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The green jade-like stone known in New Zealand as tangiwai is bowenite, a translucent serpentine with enclosures of magnesite.
From Project Gutenberg
The mineral called bowenite, at one time supposed to be jade, is a hard and tough variety of serpentine.
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