Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ZIRCONS
Noun
zircons
plural of zircon
Source: Wiktionary
ZIRCON
Zir"con, n. Etym: [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky- brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elæolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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