Mines Solution, Orissa, India

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gabbro
A dark-colored, basic intrusive igneous rocks composed principally of basic plagioclase (commonly labradorite or bytownite) and clinopyroxene (augite), with or without olivine and orthopyroxene.

galvanize
To coat with zinc.

gangue
The valueless minerals in an ore.

gassy
A mine is said to be gassy when it gives off methane or other gas in quantities that must be diluted with pure air to prevent occurrence of explosive mixtures.

gel
A transparent, semisolid, apparently homogeneous substance in a colloidal state, offering little resistance to liquid diffusion and containing a dispersion of fine particles.

granite
A plutonic rock in which quartz constitutes 10% to 50% and in which the alkali feldspar/total feldspar ratio is generally to the range of 65% to 90%.

gravel
An unconsolidated, natural accumulation of rounded rock fragments resulting from erosion, consisting predominantly of particles larger than sand, such as boulders, cobbles, pebbles, granules.