poonahlite Min.
(ˈpuːnəlaɪt)
Also poona-, punah-.
[f. Poonah (P{uacu}na) in India, where found + -lite.]
A variety of scolecite from Poonah.
| 1831 H. J. Brooke in Philos. Mag. Ser. ii. X. 110 Poonahlite..a beautiful variety of apophyllite from Poonah,..accompanied by some slender crystals, which I at first supposed were mesotype or needle-stone, but which differ from both substances in measurement; the Poonahlite being a rhombic prism of 92°20{p}. 1866 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 689 Poonahlite. Ibid. Index, Punahlite. |