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cyanite Min.|ˈsaɪənaɪt|
Also kyanite.
[f. as prec. + -ite.]
1. A native silicate of aluminium, usually blue.
1794Kirwan Min. I. 209 Cyanite of Werner. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 125 The kyanite of Werner. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. v. 195 We detached..a fragment of cyanite from a block of splintered and milky quartz.
2. (See quot.).
1884Health Exhib. Catal. 36/1 Cyanite, a Fire-proof priming for Paint, Varnish, &c. |