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gangue

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gangue also gang  (gng)
n.
Worthless rock or other material in which valuable minerals are found.
[French, from German Gang, lode, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German gang, a going.]
gangue
Noun
valueless material in an ore [German Gang vein of metal, course]


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The predominant gangue mineral in ore shoots is manganiferous siderite.
Great mining camps of Canada 1. The history and geology of the Keno ... by Cathro, R.J. / Geoscience Canada
Two major breccia zones of significance have been identified in the limestone host rock, which are associated with calcite-gypsum-quartz gangue minerals and important amounts of associated silver.
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Until the middle of the 20th century, economic geology was basically empirical, as evidenced by haphazard mining discoveries and perplexed musings on the oddity of sufide minerals in silicate gangue.
Economic geology: then and now by Jebrak, Michel / Geoscience Canada
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