alcyonite
(ˈælsɪənaɪt)
[f. alcyon-ium + -ite a formative of names of minerals and fossils.]
A fossil zoophyte related to Alcyonium.
| 1822 J. Flint Lett. fr. Amer. 261 The rocks contain..millepores, favocites, alcyonites, corals. 1865 W. White East Eng. II. 174 Agates, carnelians, Alcyonites..may be picked up by those who know how to look for them. |