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Webster 1913 Edition

Calamine

Cal′a-mine

(kăl′ȧ-mīn or -mĭn)
,
Noun.
[F.
calamine
, LL.
calamina
, fr. L.
Cadmia
. See
Cadmia
.]
(min.)
A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Calamine

CALAMINE

, or CALAMIN,
Noun.
Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the composition of brass. This term is applied both to the siliceous oxyd and the native carbonate of zink. They an scarcely be distinguished by their external characters. They are generally compact, often stalactitic, and sometimes crystalized. Most of the calamines of England and Scotland are said to be carbonates.

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