Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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