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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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OWENITE. Geol. Thuringite (1844 American Jnl. Science XVI. 169).
[Called by F. A. Genth after D. D. Owen. of New Lanark (1807–60), U.S. geologist, son of the famous Robert Owen.]
