veinstone

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veinstone

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From vein + stone.

noun veinstones

countable, uncountable Synonym of gangue. The effect of this mixture is to reduce the per centage of copper, which is further depressed by the impossibility of separating, even by the most perfect machinery, all the adherent rock and veinstone from the ore.
Similar: gangue

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@misc{veinstone_2026,
  title = {veinstone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/veinstone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}