Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
VANADINITE
vanadinite
(noun) a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
vanadinite (countable and uncountable, plural vanadinites)
(mineral) A reddish mineral, a mixed chloride and vanadate of lead with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl, that is commercial source of vanadium.
Source: Wiktionary
Va*nad"i*nite, n. (Min.)
Definition: A mineral occurring in yellowish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals. It consist of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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