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Definition of "kyanite" []

  • A bluish-green to colorless mineral, Al2SiO5, used as a refractory. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "kyanite" in a sentence
  • "My test car came in a remarkably bright hue called kyanite blue."
  • "Copper wire strung on a copper hoop, with all manner of space-station debris in glass, pearls, kyanite, and bismuth."
  • "Relative to one another, kyanite forms in a lower temperature/higher pressure environment; andalusite forms in a lower temperature/lower pressure environment, and sillimanite forms in a higher temperature/higher pressure environment."
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