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Zaffre
Zaffre, a pre-scientific substance (see List of alchemical substances), is a deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form cobalt oxideClayArt or impure cobalt arseniate. During the Victorian Era, zaffre was used to prepare smalt and stain glass blue.
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