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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GANGUE

From French gangue, from German Gang vein of metal, course.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GANGUE

gangue  [ɡæŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GANGUE

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Gangue is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GANGUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gangue

In mining, gangue is the commercially worthless material that surrounds, or is closely mixed with, a wanted mineral in an ore deposit. It is thus distinct from overburden, which is the waste rock or materials overlying an ore or mineral body that are displaced during mining without being processed. The separation of mineral from gangue is known as mineral processing, mineral dressing or ore dressing and it is a necessary and often significant aspect of mining. It can be a complicated process, depending on the nature of the minerals involved. For example, galena, an ore of lead, is usually found in large pieces within its gangue, so it does not normally need extensive processing to remove it; but cassiterite, the chief ore of tin, is usually disseminated as very small crystals throughout its gangue, so when it is mined from hard rock, the ore-bearing rock first needs to be crushed very finely, and then has to be subjected to sophisticated processes to separate the ore. For any particular ore deposit, and at any particular point in time, the concentration of the wanted mineral in the gangue material will determine whether it is commercially viable to mine that deposit.

Definition of gangue in the English dictionary

The definition of gangue in the dictionary is valueless and undesirable material, such as quartz in small quantities, in an ore.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GANGUE

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Synonyms and antonyms of gangue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gangue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GANGUE

Find out the translation of gangue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gangue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gangue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤矸石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ganga
570 millions of speakers

English

gangue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधात्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жильного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ganga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gangue
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gangue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gangue
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gangart
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脈石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

맥석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangue
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gangue
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிமம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गँगओ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gang
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ganga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skały płonnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жильного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

steril
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στείρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rifsteen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gångart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gangue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gangue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GANGUE»

The term «gangue» is regularly used and occupies the 71.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GANGUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gangue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANGUE»

Discover the use of gangue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gangue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geochemistry of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits
J. DONALD RIMSTIDT Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Gangue is the part of mineralized rock that has no economic value. Gangue consists both of altered and unaltered rock and of ...
Hubert Lloyd Barnes, 1997
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Atlas of the Textural Patterns of Ore Minerals and ...
[rated and replaced by later gangue, and partly by the neodigenite (Fig. 497). In opposition to the myrmekitic patterns of gangue (silicates) in intergrowth with py- rite, cases are exhibited of pyrite invaded by quartz which follows the cleavage ...
S. S. Augustithis, 1995
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Boundaries of Rock Mechanics: Recent Advances and Challenges ...
D.S. Li & D.Y.Liu School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China ABSTRACT: By combining the reliability theory, the calculation formula for gangue hill stability analysis is conducted based on Bishop Slice method.
Meifeng Cai, Jin'an Wang, 2008
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Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the ...
Mineral processing methods “As-mined” or “run-of-mine” ore consists of valuable minerals and gangue. Mineral processing, sometimes called ore dressing, mineral dressing or milling, follows mining and prepares the ore for extraction of the ...
Barry A. Wills, 2011
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Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics: Volume 1
diffraction of Whitewater Lane 5 # coal seam in Pucheng, Shaanxi, and divided into five different appearance of the gangue [3]. The X-ray fluorescence and diffraction analyzer were applied to qualitatively and quantitatively study on the ...
Honghua Tan, 2012
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VK Science -Chemistry
The removal of the undesired earthy impurities known as gangue, from the ore is called concentration of the ore. Note: Nature of flux to be added depends upon nature of impurities present. If impurities are acidic, basic flux, limestone (CaC03)  ...
AK Srivastva
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PRO 42: 1st International RILEM Symposium on Design, ...
PROPERTIES. OF. CONCRETE. WITH. MIX. MATERIALS. OF. GANGUE. Yunfang Meng(l), Kejian Sui(2), Qinghe Sun(') and Youjun Lu(l) (1) College of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering of Ningxia University, China (2) Department of Hydraulic ...
‎2005
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Massive to disseminated siderite is the chief gangue mineral and quartz is abundant in places (Fryklund, 1964). The remaining part of the mineral belt to the east produces a relatively high-grade silver ore and is often referred to as the " Silver ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1980
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Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Concrete Properties: An ...
INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND CHEMISTRY ACTIVED ON THE CEMENTING PROPERTIES OF COAL GANGUE W. Zhang, S. Zhou, J. Ye, D. Li, and Y. Chen China Building Materials Academy, Beijing 100024, P R China; * Nanjing ...
Maria S. Konsta-Gdoutos, 2007
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Uranium Resource Processing: Secondary Resources
2.3.1.10 Gangue Minerals The definitions about which there are few arguments are that of gangue minerals and gangue. Almost every ore is composed of some minerals designated as ore minerals and others designated as gangue minerals.
Chiranjib Gupta, Harvinderpal Singh, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GANGUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gangue is used in the context of the following news items.
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A few thoughts after touring a rare earth mine
Gangue minerals found include calcite, barite, and dolomite. Although not particularly rare, REEs are a group of chemical elements found in the ... «Windpower Engineering, Jul 15»
2
Assessing the Accuracy of Quantitative XRD with Fe-Ore Certified …
Knowledge about the gangue minerals and their composition governs the required steps of beneficiation prior to additional processing of the ... «Azomining, Jun 15»
3
Un véritable «musical» est né…
À elle la belle, à elle La vie en rose, chanson trop chantée que j'avais l'impression de découvrir, tant elle l'extirpait de la gangue des ans. «Le Devoir, Jun 15»
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Lupaka Gold Mines Approximately 900 Tonnes Grading 14.6 Grams …
Vein mineralization is mainly composed of chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite along with associated gangue mineralization. Tonnage is ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Great Lakes Graphite Enters Technology Partnership with Process …
... remove any gangue material adhered to the graphite flake and produce a high grade graphite concentrate C. Chemical leaching with PRO's ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Pioneering Botswana diamond circuit set for design run this month
... to include other minerals associated with diamonds that makes the separation of diamonds from the gangue through DMS less effective. «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jun 15»
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Randgold Fights Technical Issues, Eyes Growth At Tongon (GOLD)
After milling, gold is separated from gangue with flotation cells followed by carbon in leach technology. Randgold added a rougher flotation ... «Seeking Alpha, Jun 15»
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Interview with Ucore Rare Metals' Technology Partners
The PLS is pumped through the columns and the REE are selectively separated, first from the gangue metals such as iron, aluminum, uranium, ... «MiningFeeds.com, May 15»
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Interview of Ucore Rare Metals Partners Reed & Steve Izatt of IBC …
The PLS is pumped through the columns and the REE are selectively separated, first from the gangue metals such as iron, aluminum, uranium, ... «Smarter Analyst, May 15»
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Dark Monazite at US Rare Earth's Last Chance Mine has Lower …
Both Hazen Research and IGS teams were able to effectively separate the enriched monazite from the gangue minerals with methods ... «Azomining, May 15»

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