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Noun: calamine  'ka-lu,mIn
  1. A white mineral; a common ore of zinc
    "calamine crystals often display a distinctive hemimorphic habit";
    - hemimorphite

Derived forms: calamines

Type of: mineral

Part of: calamine lotion

Encyclopedia: Calamine, Wisconsin