a. A hard, compact, greenish-white to yellowish-green serpentine once thought
to be nephrite jade; translucent; massive, fine-grained; consists of a dense
feltlike aggregate of colorless antigorite fibers with patches of magnesite,
flakes of talc, and grains of chromite. Syn: bowenite jade
b. N.Z.
Serpentine rock (serpentinite). Syn: tangiwai;
tangiwaite; tangawaite.
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
