Definition of "cyanite" []

• Variant of kyanite. (noun)

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• "Kyanite is the variant spelling of the original name of this mineral, cyanite."
• "We detached with difficulty a fragment of cyanite from a block of splintered and milky quartz, which was isolated on the shore."
• "We sought in vain for cyanite, which we had discovered in some blocks near Maniquarez."