An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SCHEELITE
scheelite
(noun) a mineral used as an ore of tungsten
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Named after the Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786).
Noun
scheelite (countable and uncountable, plural scheelites)
(mineral) A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO4; an important tungsten ore.
Source: Wiktionary
Scheel"ite (, n. Etym: [From C.W.Scheele, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
Definition: Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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