# Got me some Zincite from an ant nest

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466 "2019-09-23T16:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/1 "2019-09-23T16:17:05Z")

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Is it actually possible (in experimental) to refine zincite into zinc oxide then reduce to zinc powder?

I also got a whole lot of coal and limestone which I can actually use.

Darn ants have let out a Shoggoth from the lab next door, though. Ants keep sending out soldier ants, shoggoth keep eating the corpses and multiplying.

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**Author:** ![Kadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kadian/32/214_2.png) [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/2 "2019-09-23T16:35:03Z")

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There is a recipe to make zinc out of Zincite. a byproduct is Zinc Oxide which in return can be used to make Zinc Powder.  
I would \>assume\< that there is a way to make zinc powder out of zinc (mortar/pestle maybe…?), but I can’t find a recipe for that in particular.

As usual, the Item Browser is your friend:  
[http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/material\_zincite/recipes/CC\_CHEM](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/material_zincite/recipes/CC_CHEM)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/3 "2019-09-23T16:37:41Z")

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I don’t seem to have that recipe. Which is odd, because I have Cooking 11 and a bunch of chemistry books. I’ll check again when I get back from ant bashing.

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**Author:** ![bobchaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@bobchaos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bobchaos)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/4 "2019-09-23T16:44:49Z")

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I see the autolearn tag was only added last week, presumably updating to latest and greatest would provide the recipe (I’m assuming the autolearn will trigger post-update, which could be wrong 😕 )

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/5 "2019-09-23T16:59:19Z")

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Hmm, well I’m safe from the BEES owning all my stuff if I update now, right? 😛

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**Author:** ![bobchaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@bobchaos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bobchaos)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/got-me-some-zincite-from-an-ant-nest/21466/6 "2019-09-23T17:00:34Z")

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As always with experimental, one should backup his data folders regularly 😉