Definition of Gangues

1. gangue [n] - See also: gangue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gangues

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gangsterlike
gangsters
gangue
gangues (current term)
ganguro
gangway
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Literary usage of Gangues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Underground Life, Or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin, Henry William Bristow (1869)
"gangues; their composition and uses.— Mystery to be explained. ... The gangues in which they are contained and set are themselves often crystallized, ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"Though the garnet of the gangues may often be an alteration-product of pyroxene or amphibole minerals, it may, however, frequently be of primary formation, ..."

3. The Mining and Smelting Magazine (1864)
"SEPARATING ORES PROM THEIR gangues.—Mr. W. Clarke has patented an apparatus for separating auriferous, argentiferous, and other ores from their gangues, ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Mr. \V. Clarke has patented an apparatus for separating auriferous, argentiferous, and other ores from their gangues, which is distinguished from those ..."

5. Ore-deposits: A Sequel to the 2d Ed. of "The Genesis of Ore-deposits," by by František Pošepný, George Ferdinand Becker, John Duer Irving, H. DeWitt Smith, Henry Gardiner Ferguson (1913)
"Indeed, the wl ole mass of the gangues may, under certain circumstances, be changed, quite new ore-types being the result of the transformation. ..."

6. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1850)
"We at once proved that the gangues which accompany silver ores perform a more ... We have also studied the chemical influence which certain gangues may ..."

7. Underground Life, Or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin, Henry William Bristow (1869)
"gangues; their composition and uses.— Mystery to be explained. ... The gangues in which they are contained and set are themselves often crystallized, ..."

8. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"Though the garnet of the gangues may often be an alteration-product of pyroxene or amphibole minerals, it may, however, frequently be of primary formation, ..."

9. The Mining and Smelting Magazine (1864)
"SEPARATING ORES PROM THEIR gangues.—Mr. W. Clarke has patented an apparatus for separating auriferous, argentiferous, and other ores from their gangues, ..."

10. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Mr. \V. Clarke has patented an apparatus for separating auriferous, argentiferous, and other ores from their gangues, which is distinguished from those ..."

11. Ore-deposits: A Sequel to the 2d Ed. of "The Genesis of Ore-deposits," by by František Pošepný, George Ferdinand Becker, John Duer Irving, H. DeWitt Smith, Henry Gardiner Ferguson (1913)
"Indeed, the wl ole mass of the gangues may, under certain circumstances, be changed, quite new ore-types being the result of the transformation. ..."

12. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"Quartz gangues will contain from about 80 to 100 per cent. of silica. ... The silicates present in the gangues are mainly silicates of alumina, lime, ..."

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