資料來源 : pyDict
異極礦;菱鋅礦
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Calamine \Cal"a*mine\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[imac]n or -m[i^]n), n. [F.
calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See {Cadmia}.] (min.)
A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
Note: 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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
calamine
n : a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: {hemimorphite}]