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His Majesty the King is currently enjoying a tour of various Caribbean countries. Sadly, this occasion for friendship and affection has been mired by various governments demanding apologies and reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade which ended back in 1807 (but not the trade in English and other European captives carried out by North Africans from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries).

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Syenite appears to be just an ordinary, plain-looking piece of rock, having a somewhat dirty, dull appearance. When subjected to the rays of ultra-violet light, however, it reveals peculiar pink spots on account of the presence of sodalite. This was only discovered in 2017 so one might be forgiven for wondering how many other minerals would have a similar reaction.