Look up calamine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calamine, also known as calamine lotion, is a medication made from powdered calamine mineral that...

Calamine is a historic name for an ore of zinc. The name calamine was derived from lapis calaminaris, a Latin corruption of Greek cadmia (καδμία), the...

Calamine brass is brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc...

Look up calamine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calamine most commonly refers to calamine lotion. Calamine also may refer to: Calamine, a pinkish...

French: La Calamine, pronounced [la kalamin]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège, named for the historical deposits of calamine (zinc...

historical evidence for the production of calamine brass in Germany and the Low Countries, areas rich in calamine ore. These places would remain important...

water or rubbing alcohol may help prevent a reaction. During a reaction, calamine lotion or diphenhydramine may help mitigate symptoms. Corticosteroids,...

Hemimorphite is the chemical compound Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O, a component of mineral calamine. It is a silicate mineral which, together with smithsonite (ZnCO3), has...

Calamine is an unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. Zinc mining gave the town its start, hence the name calamine. U.S. Geological...

minerals. The two minerals are very similar in appearance and the term calamine has been used for both, leading to some confusion. The distinct mineral...