Zinc oxide inowanikwa mumasikirwo semineral zincite.Ndiyo inonyanya kukosha zinc musanganiswa uye ine akawanda maindasitiri ekushandisa.Zinc oxide ndiyo pigment mumapendi machena.Inoshandiswa kugadzira enamel, ingi chena yekudhinda, chena glue, magirazi akajeka, zvigadzirwa zverabha uye mataira epasi.Inoshandiswa muzvizoro, sipo, mishonga, simende yemazino, mabhatiri ekuchengetera, midziyo yemagetsi, uye piezoelectric zvishandiso.