BROOKITES

Noun

brookites

plural of brookite

Source: Wiktionary


BROOKITE

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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ACRIMONIOUS

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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