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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 a black stone in Premium mode, or a brilliant blue stone in ASCII mode. Its particularly high [[density]] makes it useful for [[trap#Stone-fall_Trap|stone-fall traps]] and as [[catapult]] ammunition, and its color makes it well-suited for various aesthetic purposes.  
  
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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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Despite its appearance in ASCII mode (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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== In real life ==
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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 is an ore of cobalt, a [[metal]] not modelled in Dwarf Fortress. Interestingly, the name derives from the word [[kobold]].  
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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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Latest revision as of 18:07, 29 August 2024

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Cobaltite
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Fire-safe Not magma-safe

Wikipedia article

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Cobaltite is a black stone in Premium mode, or a brilliant blue stone in ASCII mode. Its particularly high density makes it useful for stone-fall traps and as catapult ammunition, and its color makes it well-suited for various aesthetic purposes.

Despite its appearance in ASCII mode (showing up as £ unmined and * mined), it is not a usable ore.

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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