Calamine is a pink powder that is made of zincoxide with a small amount of ferric oxide. It is used in lotions, ointments, and liniments. It is a customary mixture that is soothing and healing to the skin. It is great for itchy rashes such as poison ivy. It is natural but some formulas contain phenol which can cause poisoning when applied to the skin. A blend of natural calamine and aloevera is a good pure skin treatment for burns, rashes and insect bites. Research Calamine
Cadmia is an oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. The name was formerly applied to the mineral calamine. Research Cadmia
Calamine is the common name of two zinc ores - one being a hydrous silicate also known as smithsonite, hemimorphite, or electric calamine; the other being the carbonate. Both occur frequently in veins which carry zincblende, the commonest of the zinc ores. They are pale yellow, pink, brown, blue, green or colourless and are often mixed in a fine powder known to miners as ' dry bone'. Calamine is used in medicine as a skin soother to relieve rashes and other skin irritations. Research Calamine
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