Veinstuff

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Veinstone \Vein"stone`\, n. (Mining)
     The valueless nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which
     surrounds the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite,
     fluor spar, etc.; gangue; matrix; -- called also {veinstuff}.
     [1913 Webster]