Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SERICITE
Noun
sericite (countable and uncountable, plural sericites)
(mineral) A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks
Source: Wiktionary
Ser"i*cite, n. Etym: [L. sericus silken.] (Min.)
Definition: A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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