In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
URALITE
Noun
uralite (countable and uncountable, plural uralites)
(mineral) A dark green variety of hornblende or actinolite.
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• laurite, liturae
Source: Wiktionary
U"ral*ite, n. Etym: [So called because first observed in the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
Definition: Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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