gangue

[ gang ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.

gangue

/ ɡæŋ /

valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore

Origin of gangue¹

1800–10; < French < German Gang; gang ¹

Origin of gangue¹

C19: from French gangue, from German Gang vein of metal, course; see gang ¹

Neither of them had the slightest traces of gangue, or vein-matter, nor of attrition in being removed from the parent beds.

At these places, it is most frequently connected with a gangue of heavy spar and calcareous spar, with pyrites of iron.

The vein stone, or gangue, is all that part of a vein that is not mineral.

Fluor spar is as favorable a gangue for lead as quartz is for gold.

He wants to make friends with her, that she may help him to find the gangue.

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