cyanite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
    kyanite.

WordNet


Cy"a*nite noun
Etymology
See Cyanic.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913