kyanite

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

kyanite (countable and uncountable, plural kyanites)

1. A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.

Translations

blue neosilicate mineral

• Czech: kyanit m
• Dutch: kyaniet m
• Esperanto: kianito
• Finnish: kyaniitti
• French: disthène (fr) m
• Galician: cianita f
• German: Kyanit m
• Hebrew: קיאניט f (qīʔanīṭ)
• Hungarian: kianit
• Italian: cianite f
• Japanese: 藍晶石 (らんしょうせき, ranshōseki)
• Portuguese: cianita f, cianite f
• Russian: кианит (ru) m (kianit)
• Slovak: kyanit m
• Spanish: cianita (es) f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kyanite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “kyanite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.