Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
STAUROLITE
Etymology
Noun
staurolite (plural staurolites)
(mineral) a dark brown nesosilicate mineral that has crystals that cross and intergrow
Source: Wiktionary
Stau"ro*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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