Blue Kynaite (REF:184)

Named in 1789 by Abraham Gottlieb Werner from the Greek word "kyanos", meaning "blue," the common colour of the species. The French spelling, "Cyanite", was commonly used by mineralogists through much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

An aluminium silicate mineral with an unusual hardness quality, its crystal system is triclinic forming elongated flat, blade like crystal. Blue Kyanite is coloured by iron and titanium.

Kyanite can be found in a variety of colours, the common blue, black, green and orange, as well as white, light grey, pink and yellow which are more unusual.