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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, gang [gæŋ]
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) (Mining & Quarrying) valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore
[from French gangue, from German Gang vein of metal, course; see gang1]


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According to details Model colony police conducted raid at Nashtar ground near railway Phatak and arrested six culprits Faraz Ali son of Ahmad and his accomplices belong to dacoit gangue and recovered one TT pistol, magazine and five bullets from their possession.
According to details Model colony police conducted raid at Nishtar ground near railway Phattak and arrested six culprits Faraz Ali son of Ahmad and his accomplices belong to dacoit gangue and recovered one TT pistol, magazine and five bullets from their possession.
Due to the apparent strength of the stock-work veining in DDH-006 and the fact that the most prevalent ore gangue mineral of the Silver Valley is carbonates (siderite and ankerite), we believe that our massive sulfide targets may be intersected within or immediately below these carbonates," he added.
 
 
 
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