† gangartn.
Geology. Obsolete.
= gangue n.
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mother stone1442
minera?1645
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1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 191 Two openings rise near the surface..which lead to a schistus gangart.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 560 The usual gangart of diamonds..is a ferruginous pudding-stone.
1850 T. L. Mitchell Austral. Geogr. 73 In a gangart of pure white quartz, there are specimens found in a fine grained schistus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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