calamine brass

noun

Brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.

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nouncalamine brass (uncountable)
  1. uncountableBrass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.
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