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Typical blue pigments such as Cobalt blue and Prussian blue are not stable at high temperatures or acidic conditions. Chemists at Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered a new blue pigment based on manganese ions in an unusual trigonal bipyramidal coordination structure. The blue pigment was accidentally discovered when researchers at OSU heated manganese oxide to temperatures in the range...