What was added to this glass to make it blue?

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cobalt
magnesium
Powdered cobalt glass, called smalt, has been historically important as a pigment in painting and pottery. It is colored to a deep powder blue hue using cobalt ions derived from cobalt oxide. Cobalt aluminate can be used in a similar way, and is now more common, often known as "cobalt blue".
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flagSweden
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2%
88%
4%
42
flagAustria
7%
8%
78%
4%
93
flagthe Netherlands
10%
4%
78%
6%
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flagGermany
10%
5%
76%
6%
705
flagSingapore
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13%
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flagUnknown
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3%
72%
11%
54
flagFrance
9%
9%
71%
9%
42
flagthe United Kingdom
14%
6%
69%
7%
476
flagCanada
8%
10%
69%
12%
75
flagSwitzerland
16%
7%
68%
5%
54
flagPoland
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5%
67%
6%
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flagAustralia
17%
2%
67%
12%
140
flagthe United States
11%
5%
66%
15%
1110
flagRussia
12%
7%
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12%
40
flagRepublic of Ireland
13%
6%
62%
16%
43
flagMalaysia
12%
8%
58%
20%
58
flagNigeria
15%
10%
57%
14%
127
flagIndia
23%
10%
50%
14%
985
flagthe Philippines
23%
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47%
21%
88
flagPakistan
31%
9%
36%
21%
99