Definitions
The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
Word origin
Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang.
Used in a sentence
“Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.”
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