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.
VIVIANITE
Etymology
Named after its discoverer English mineralogist J. G. Vivian in 1817.
Noun
vivianite (countable and uncountable, plural vivianites)
(mineral) A blue, green or colourless mineral of monoclinic crystals, Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv"i*an*ite, n. Etym: [So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. G. Vivian.] (Min.)
Definition: A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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