Min. [named after Dr. S. Fowler: see -ITE.] A flesh-red variety of rhodonite containing zinc.
1832. C. U. Shepard, Min., 186. Fowlerite. Ferro-Silicate of Manganese.
1884. Dana, Min, 294. In crystals and foliated, the latter looking like cleavable red feldspar; the crystals sometimes half an inch to an inch through.
