Name       : Zinc 
Symbol     : Zn
Atomic #   : 30
Atom weight: 65.39
Melting P. : 419.58
Boiling P. : 907
Oxidation  : +2
Pronounced : ZINK
From       : Greek origin, zink, but any literal meaning has been obscured
             with time
Identified : Prehistoric origin
Appearance : Bluish-silver, ductile metal
Note       : Relatively resistant to corrosion from reactions with oxygen
             and moisture with time

[Properties]

  Zinc is characterized as a fairly hard, blue-white metal. In its purest
state, it is shiny and ductile; but few people ever see zinc in that state.
The more common commercial grades of zinc have a dull finish and are quite
brittle.
  Zinc heads the short list of Group-IIB on the periodic table of elements.
Other members of this group are cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg)