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Cyanite definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CYANITE, n. [Gr. Sky-colored.] A mineral of a berlin blue color, passing into gray and green; called by Hauy, disthene.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]