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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Gangue
//ɡæŋ//
Synonyms for "gangue" (13 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- شَوَائِبُ الرِّكَاز noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- شَوْب noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- غَثّ noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 脈石 /脉石 noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 脈石 /脉石 noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Esperanto
1 entries- gango noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Finnish
1 entries- sivukivi noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
French
1 entries- gangue noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
German
3 entries- Gang noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- Gangart noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- Gangerz noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Italian
1 entries- ganga noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Japanese
1 entries- 脈石 noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Korean
1 entries- 맥석 noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Portuguese
1 entries- ganga noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Russian
1 entries- пуста́я поро́да noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
Spanish
2 entries- blancarte noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
- ganga noun (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
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