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'''Cobaltite''' is a brilliant blue stone (notably, the '''only''' [[stone]] of its color) found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance (showing up as {{Raw Tile|£|1:7:1}} unmined and {{Raw Tile|*|1:1}} mined), it is '''not''' a usable [[ore]].
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Cobaltite is particularly [[density|dense]], making it useful for [[trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]] and as [[catapult]] ammunition.
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== In Real Life ==
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Cobaltite is an ore of cobalt, a [[metal]] not modeled in ''Dwarf Fortress''. Interestingly, the name derives from the word [[kobold]].
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File:Cobaltite (Cobalt, Ontario, Canada) 1 (18599849584).jpg|A chunk of cobaltite rock.
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Cobaltite (Skutterud Mines, Modum, Norway) 2 (19226355671).jpg| A piece of Cobaltite
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[[Human]]s are known to mistake cobaltite for more valuable ores, suffering from severe bouts of [[Syndrome|fun]] from attempting to smelt it. Dwarves of course find this endlessly amusing, especially when the humans inevitably claim that [[kobold]]s tampered with the ore.
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Cobaltite
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Fire-safe Not magma-safe

Wikipedia article

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Cobaltite is a brilliant blue stone (notably, the only stone of its color) found as veins in numerous environments. Despite its appearance (showing up as £ unmined and * mined), it is not a usable ore.

Cobaltite is particularly dense, making it useful for stone-fall traps and as catapult ammunition.

In Real Life[edit]

Cobaltite is an ore of cobalt, a metal not modeled in Dwarf Fortress. Interestingly, the name derives from the word kobold.

  • A chunk of cobaltite rock.

  • A piece of Cobaltite

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Humans are known to mistake cobaltite for more valuable ores, suffering from severe bouts of fun from attempting to smelt it. Dwarves of course find this endlessly amusing, especially when the humans inevitably claim that kobolds tampered with the ore.

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