Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
CRYOLITE
cryolite, Greenland spar
(noun) a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cryolite (countable and uncountable, plural cryolites)
(mineral) The mineral sodium aluminium fluoride (Na3AlF6).
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• Creolity, creolity
Source: Wiktionary
Cry"o*lite (kr"-lt), n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.)
Definition: A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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