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In Seawater 30 ppb zinc is present and the atmosphere contains 0.1–4 µg/m3 Zinc is found in the air, soil, and water, and is present in all foods. zinc is a bluish-white shiny metal if it is in pure form. Zinc has many uses in industry in Metallic form. Alloys such as brass and bronze are form by mixing of metallic zinc with other metals. Zinc form salts as it combines with other chemicals. In nature, most zinc ore is found as the salt of zinc sulfide. Sphalerite (ZnS) a element is found in association with other base metals such as copper and lead in ores. Sphalerite ore contain 60-62% zinc. It is the most heavily mined zinc-containing