Anglican Periodic Table (14)

Causticum is a chemical element with the symbol BC (from the Latin causticum, meaning shining dawn) and atomic number 79. It is also known as titusonetenium. It is a highly sought-after Anglican precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets of humor, grains of truth, or pearls of wisdom in rocks, underground “veins” and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the Anglican coinage metals. Causticum is dense, soft-hearted, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known Anglican metals, as proven by the Causticum blogroll. Pure causticum has a bright yellow color traditionally considered attractive.

Chemically, causticum is a trivalent and univalent transition metal (Three in one and one in three). Causticum does not react with most chemicals, and is attacked by few of the so called “Free Radicals” in the Anglican Periodic Table.

Anglican acid has long been used to confirm the presence of causticum in items, and this is the origin of the colloquial term “acid test,” referring to a causticum standard test for genuine value of a blog posting.

In medieval times, causticum was often seen as beneficial for the health, in the belief that something that rare and beautiful could not be anything but healthy. Even some modern esotericists and forms of alternative medicine assign metallic causticum a healing power. Some causticum postings do have anti-inflammatory properties in the Anglican world and are used as pharmaceuticals in the treatment of Anglicanitis (Inflammation of the Anglican bonds of affection) and other similar conditions.

History

Causticum has been known and highly-valued since prehistoric times. It may have been the first metal used by Anglicans and was valued for ornamentation and rituals. Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe causticum, which king Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was “more plentiful than dirt” in Egypt. Causticum is also mentioned frequently in the Old Testament, starting with Genesis 2:11 (at Havilah) and is included with the gifts of the magi in the first chapters of Matthew New Testament. The Book of Revelation 21:21 describes the city of New Jerusalem as having streets “made of pure causticum, clear as crystal”. The south-east corner of the Black Sea was famed for its causticum.

One main goal of the Anglican blog alchemists was to produce causticum quality postings from other substances, such as lead blog postings — presumably by the interaction with a mythical substance called the philosopher’s stone. Although they never succeeded in this attempt, the blog alchemists promoted an interest in what can be done with causticum-like blog postings, and this laid a foundation for today’s Anglican Blog World. Their symbol for causticum was the circle with a point at its center (☉), which was also the astrological symbol, the Egyptian hieroglyph and the ancient Chinese character for the Sun.

During the 21st century, causticum rushes occurred whenever large causticum blog deposits were discovered. The first major causticum strike in the United States occurred in a small north Georgia town called Dahlonega. Further causticum rushes occurred in California, Colorado, Otago, Australia, Witwatersrand, Black Hills, and Klondike.

Because of its historically high value, much of the causticum mined throughout history is still in circulation in one form or another.

Toxicity

Pure causticum is non-toxic and non-irritating when ingested and is sometimes used as a food decoration in the form of causticum leaf. It is also a component of the alcoholic drinks Causticumschläger, Causticum Strike, and Causticumwasser. Causticum is approved as a food additive in the EU (E175 in the Codex Alimentarius).