Calamine ore can be used to extract one of the following metals. This metal is:
(a) copper (b) mercury (c) aluminium (d) zinc

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(d) Zinc.
Calamine is an ore of zinc and its compound is zinc carbonate ( $Z n C O_{3})$ .

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Calamine ore can be used to extract one of the following metals. This metal is: (a) copper (b) mercury (c) aluminium (d) zinc

(d) Zinc. Calamine is an ore of zinc and its compound is zinc carbonate (​​​​​​ZnCO3).

Calamine ore can be used to extract one of the following metals. This metal is:
(a) copper (b) mercury (c) aluminium (d) zinc

(d) Zinc.
Calamine is an ore of zinc and its compound is zinc carbonate ( $Z n C O_{3})$ .