endogangue

Etymology

From endo- + gangue.

endogangue means gangue that is located inside phosphatic grains. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

noun

Gangue that is located inside phosphatic grains.“Endogangue includes yellow-brown to opaque humic matter of marine planktonic origin, siliciclastic grains and authigenic pyrite framboids and secondary apatite crystals.”