Cobalt ochre

Cobalt ochre
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Cobalt ochre, cobalt-ochre (Cobalt ocher in American English) or ochre of cobalt (German: Erdkobalt) — a common name that was widely used in mining and craft environments until the end of the 19th century for at least two cobalt-containing secondary ore minerals: asbolane and erythrite.:172 They were often used with the addition of a clarifying color adjective or a clarifying mineral form adjective to avoid confusion.