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Cobalt

Day - 27 - Cobalt

 

Before the 19th century, the predominant use of cobalt was as pigment. Since the mid-age, the production of smalt, a blue colored glass was known. Smalt is produced by melting a mixture of the roasted mineral smaltite, quartz and potassium carbonate, yielding a dark blue silicate glass which is grinded after the production. Smalt was widely used for the coloration of glass and as pigment for paintings.

 

This is a glass bottle with a cork stopper and hang tag...yea!

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Uploaded on February 13, 2010
Taken on February 13, 2010