Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Calamine is a zinc oxide mined as a zinc ore with the chemical formula (ZnOH)2SiO3. It is also used in calamine lotion, a pinkish-white solution used to soothe irritated skin such as in the case of sunburn, mosquito bites, and poison ivy. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.