define the Gangue???????
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the commercially valueless material in which ore is found.
In mining, gangue (/ɡæŋ/) is the commercially worthless material that surrounds, or is closely mixed with, a wanted mineral in an ore deposit. ... The separation of mineral from gangue is known as mineral processing, mineral dressing, or ore dressing.
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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.
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