[ noun ] a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory <noun.substance>
Kyanite \Ky"a*nite\, n. See {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}.]