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gangue

also gang  (găng)
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.]
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gangue

(ɡæŋ) or

gang

n
1. (Metallurgy) valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore
2. (Mining & Quarrying) valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore
[C19: from French gangue, from German Gang vein of metal, course; see gang1]
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gangue

(gæŋ)

n.
rock or mineral matter of no value occurring with the metallic ore in a vein or deposit.
[1800–10; < French < German Gang; see gang1]
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gangue

Valueless minerals in ore.
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Additional targets are being refined at Porotillo, Gangue, Playas and El Espiritu.
Signed in London, where Anglo American is headquartered, the agreement provides for iron ore grade to be supplied at a minimum 67 per cent Fe and 2 per cent or less total gangue.
Guaranteed iron ore grade to be supplied is 67% Fe and 2% gangue. Since the beginning of 2018, the Company and AAML have worked together to place their relationship on a new and stronger commercial and co operative footing.
The grinding time was adjusted accordingly to achieve the desired feed size of the sample where ore minerals were liberated from associated gangue minerals.
A detailed mineralogical investigation using petrographic, X-ray Diffraction and SEM-EDX techniques shows that the deposits consist of magnetite, hematite, malachite and occasional bornite and pyrite as the principal ore minerals and quartz, garnet, epidote, calcite, pectolite, serpentine and foshagite as the main gangue phases.
First, ore concentration is carried out using the froth floatation process to separate obtained concentrated lead ore from silicates and clays (gangue).
Les reformes sont donc incontournables pour liberer tout le potentiel d'une Algerie qui ambitionne de se depetrer totalement de la gangue du mal-developpement.
In a simulation experiment on the in-situ recovery of oil shale in superheated steam, cement, gangue and fine sand were mixed thoroughly and laid on the bottom of a 1700 mm x 1400 mm container.
The observed increase in the amount of extracted gold with time may be due to the relatively more mass loss (gangue) of the sample.
With changing weather and climate change new viruses and mutated old viruses have become endemic to Pakistan, she said from simple flu to gangue and chikungunya to Ebola and West Nile it is difficult to make the diagnosis and prognosis, without testing the viral cultures.