#kyanite

[geologyin-blog]

Happy New Year!

Which gem is your pick for 2025?✨️

Photo: Labradorite King 👑

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

Forest Blueprints

Watercolor On Cotton Paper

2025, 31"x 41"

Blue Aspen Forest

Sodalite, Blue Kyanite, Blue Apatite

[ahollowmelody]

[reddpenn]

Do you have any thoughts about cyanite? I'm reading a book wherein some characters are given rock-related names for worldbuilding reasons, and it seemed an interesting choice for a protagonist's name, with implications that probably elude me. (Other characters' names include feldspar and alabaster.) (I like when stories do this kind of thing, there are a lot of cool names for different rocks.)

Oooh, that's an incredibly interesting name for a protagonist! Cyanite is a variation on kyanite, which is this blue mineral:

And an archaic name for kyanite was disthene, a Greek word meaning "two strengths." It was called this because kyanite has this super interesting property called anisotropy.

Anisotropic minerals have two different numbers on the mohs scale, the scale that measures the hardness and scratch resistance of minerals. When scratched against the grain, kyanite has a mohs hardness of 7, about as hard as quartz. But when scratched along the grain, kyanite only has a hardness of 4.5, as soft as fluorite!

(I have actually done hardness testing on kyanite, it is wild how different the durability becomes just by rotating the stone.)

Anyway, back to your book! Maybe by naming the character Cyanite, the author is alluding to the fact that they're a strong character with a secret, catastrophic weakness. Or maybe they're a weak character with a lot of hidden strength!

[dandelionadrian]

Atem/Yugi inspired bracelet ꧁꧂

[dongphuongbachvan]

I recently got a custom bracelet inspired by the dynamic duo of House and Chase. It’s made with kyanite and golden rutilated quartz stones, featuring a cross charm and a stethoscope charm.

What's really cool is that the kyanite beads are larger than the rutilated quartz ones, symbolizing how House is both physically and in age larger than Chase.🤣🤣🤣

[grapeagata]

i got moar rock :3

o((>ω< ))o 🌟 Kyanite 🌟 ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

[geologyin-blog]

Look At This Wonderful Blue Kyanite in Quartz from Brazil.

Photo: cryptocrystals

[mysticplies]

“They'd asked me, ‘Show us your base!’, ‘Where is your leader?’ I didn't know. I couldn't say I'm not one of them.”

No filter version

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

Popping Balloons

Watercolor On Artboard

2024, 9"x 12"

Blue Poppies

Sodalite and Kyanite

[ahollowmelody]

Thanks so much to @lez-bichi-lover for the beautiful piece with Kyanite! Please go check them out for more amazing HK art!

[dandelionadrian]

ShinRan bracelet, the symbol of bravery, hope and love 💙🌸💜

[melusina]

collecting rocks in the wild? overrated. “rescuing” rocks from the discarded lab specimen gravel pit behind the dumpster at my university’s geology building? now THATS rockhounding baby

[heyhopperart]

❤️ Collab time ❤️

With the one and only @cosmiconix 💐

Thank you for doing this super fun collaboration with me!!

At this point Onix and I have made sporadic collaborations part of our yearly tradition 🙈❤️!!!

So so very fortunate to be able to work alongside such a kind, caring and wonderful artist!

In this collab, Onix and I were able to highlight our darling OCs :

The dapper Kyanite belongs to @cosmiconix 🖤! Just look how suave he is 😍

Enkhsaikhan Naranbaatar belongs to @heyhopperart ❤️ Shan Yu's prettiest son

[abstractrain223]

@bekkathyst Jewelry appreciation post - because she has another wire wrap post up that's closing today, and it inspired me to grab all the necklaces I've collected from her over the years 🙌 💚✨️