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Noun. Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which -- at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction -- are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals ''and'' processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

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