Kyanite \Ky"a*nite\, n.
   See Cyanite.
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	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.]
   [1913 Webster] cyanobacterium

	

	kyanite
    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]