BROOKITE

Etymology

Noun

brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)

(mineral) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.

Source: Wiktionary


Brook"ite, n. Etym: [Named from the English mineralogist, H.J.Brooke.] (Min.)

Definition: A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 December 2024

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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