Zinc Ore

Zinc ore is a mineral that generates in the Overworld. It is very common and can be used to make other materials.

Obtaining
Zinc ore will drop as an item if mined by a tier 1 (stone) tool or better. If mined by any other tool, it will drop nothing.

Natural Generation
Zinc occurs only around bedrock to far above sea level (layers 1-218). There are 20 veins per chunk and each vein can have up to 10 ores.