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Cal"a*mine (?), n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cabmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.&hand; The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite.
The noun has 1 senses
1. hemimorphite, calamine -- a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
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