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.
MANGANITE
manganite
(noun) a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
manganite (plural manganites)
(geology) a dark gray mineral of manganese, MnO(OH), found throughout North America and Europe
Anagrams
• emanating, man-eating, maneating
Source: Wiktionary
Man"ga*nite, n.
1. (Min.)
Definition: One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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