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Cyanite

Cyanite \Cy"a*nite\ (-n?t), n. [See Cyanic.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [Written also kyanite.]

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cyanite

n. (alternative form of kyanite English)

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cyanite

n. a gray or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory [syn: kyanite]

Usage examples of "cyanite".

June sky stood out a clear cyanite blue, stripped of clouds, and the air had a rain-washed freshness that it had lacked that morning.