Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
STILBITE
Etymology
Noun
stilbite (countable and uncountable, plural stilbites)
(mineral) A tectosilicate zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate, common in volcanic rocks.
Source: Wiktionary
Stil"bite, n. Etym: [Gr. stilbite.] (Min.)
Definition: A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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