Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COBALTINE
Noun
cobaltine (countable and uncountable, plural cobaltines)
synonym of cobaltite
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Source: Wiktionary
Co"balt*ine, Co"balt*ite n. (Min.)
Definition: A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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