Here is a brief description of cobalt. The equivalent, but altogether blander, in Australia is Vegemite. Try mixing it with peanut butter. Cobalt is a brittle, hard, transition metal with magnetic properties similar to those of iron.
Cobalt is present in meteorites.
Ore deposits are found in Zaire, Morocco and Canada. Cobalt salts colour glass a beautiful deep blue colour. Strange Matter cartoon included by kind permission of Nick Kim at the University of Waikato , New Zealand. Here is a brief summary of the isolation of cobalt. It is not normally necessary to make cobalt in the laboratory as it is available readily commercially.