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A blue colour works (german: Blaufarbenwerke) is a
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where blue
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for use in
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is produced. Usually the
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, cobalt blue, needed for this purpose, was manufactured from cobalt-containing
ore Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ore". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 7 Apr ...
as in the case of the factories listed below.


Blue colour works

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Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
** Oberschlema Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Oberschlema'') (founded 1644) in Oberschlema, according to some sources this was the largest blue colour works in the world ** Schneeberg Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Schneeberg'') (1568 to around 1580) in Schneeberg, the first small blue colour works in Saxony ** Unterjugel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Unterjugel''), 17th century, in Unterjugel ** Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel'') (founded 1635) in Niederpfannenstiel ** Schindler's Blue Colour Works (''Schindlersches Blaufarbenwerk'') (founded 1649) in Schindlerswerk ** Oehmesches Blue Colour Works (1649–1688) (''Oehmesches Blaufarbenwerk'') in Annaberg ** Zschopenthal Blue Colour Works (''Zschopenthal Blaufarbenwerk'') (1687–1847) in Zschopenthal *
Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...
** Hasserode Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Hasserode'') (to around 1850) * Bohemia ** Christophhammer Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Christophhammer'') (1750–1874) in Christophhammer *
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
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Modum Blue Colour Works Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tr ...
in Modum ** Snarum Blue Colour Works in Snarum


Literature

* Wilhelm Bruchmüller: ''Der Kobaltbergbau und die Blaufarbenwerke in Sachsen bis zum Jahre 1653.'' Crossen, 1897
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* Friedrich Kapf: ''Beyträge zur Geschichte des Kobolts, Koboltbergbaues und der Blaufarbenwerke.'' Breslau, 1792
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Chemical industry Mining in the Ore Mountains Mining in the Harz