Term: wall rock (mining)
Definition:
The hard rock which is almost universally found on each side of a vein, between which and the vein is the crystalization Called vein stone.R
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[Source: "Glossary of Miners' & Mineral Terms" in St. John, John R. A True Description of the Lake Superior Country ... (New York, W. H. Graham, 1846).]
