Kyanite is an English word with synonyms like mineral. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Kyanite in a sentence
Kyanite meaning
A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.
Synonyms of Kyanite
Using Kyanite
- The main meaning on this page is: A blue neosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅, found in metamorphic rocks.
- Useful related words include: cyanite, mineral.
- In the example corpus, kyanite often appears in combinations such as: kyanite is.
Context around Kyanite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kyanite
- In this selection, "kyanite" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, blue, staurolite and orange stand out and add context to how "kyanite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include andalusite staurolite kyanite and sillimanite and blue kyanite kyanite s elongated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kyanite" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kyanite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Color varieties include recently discovered orange kyanite from Tanzania. (9 words)
Kyanite is also known as disthene, rhaeticite and cyanite. (9 words)
However, the most useful characteristic in identifying kyanite is its anisotropism. (11 words)
Notes for identification Deep blue kyanite Kyanite's elongated, columnar crystals are usually a good first indication of the mineral, as well as its color (when the specimen is blue). (30 words)
A subgroup is the andalusite -, staurolite -, kyanite - and sillimanite -schists which usually make their appearance in the vicinity of gneissose granites, and have presumably been affected by contact metamorphism. (29 words)
Kyanite is triclinic, while andalusite and sillimanite are both orthorhombic and belong to the dipyramidal point group. (17 words)
Example sentences (6)
Notes for identification Deep blue kyanite Kyanite's elongated, columnar crystals are usually a good first indication of the mineral, as well as its color (when the specimen is blue).
A subgroup is the andalusite -, staurolite -, kyanite - and sillimanite -schists which usually make their appearance in the vicinity of gneissose granites, and have presumably been affected by contact metamorphism.
Color varieties include recently discovered orange kyanite from Tanzania.
However, the most useful characteristic in identifying kyanite is its anisotropism.
Kyanite is also known as disthene, rhaeticite and cyanite.
Kyanite is triclinic, while andalusite and sillimanite are both orthorhombic and belong to the dipyramidal point group.
Common combinations with kyanite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- kyanite is 3×