gangue
rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
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Neither of them had the slightest traces of gangue, or vein-matter, nor of attrition in being removed from the parent beds.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftAt these places, it is most frequently connected with a gangue of heavy spar and calcareous spar, with pyrites of iron.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftThe vein stone, or gangue, is all that part of a vein that is not mineral.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. BrambleFluor spar is as favorable a gangue for lead as quartz is for gold.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. BrambleHe wants to make friends with her, that she may help him to find the gangue.
The Princess and Curdie | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for gangue
gang
/ (ɡæŋ) /
valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore
Origin of gangue
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