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.
MARTITE
Mar"tite, n. Etym: [L. Mars, Martis, the god Mars, the alchemical name of iron.] (Min.)
Definition: Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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