Can we call a gangue a mineral or ore or both or gangue is different from both.

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Gangue is the impurities in ore which has to be separated in order to obtain desired metal from its ore
So we can call gangue is an ore

Also, every ores are minerals, so it is also a mineral

we can call gangue as both mineral and ore

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