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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calamine n : a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: {hemimorphite}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Calamine, AR Zip code(s): 72469
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