veinstuff
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Etymology
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From
vein
+
stuff
.
Noun
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veinstuff
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
veinstuffs
)
(
mining
)
Minerals
found in a
vein
, of lesser
value
than
ores
.
1900
, Lyman Child Wooster,
The Geological Story of Kansas
, page
59
:
The less valuable minerals are called
veinstuffs
, and the more valuable are termed vein ores. The more common
veinstuffs
are calcite, quartz, heavy spar, and fluorspar.
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