raw ore
Straight from earth
Raw ore is mineral-bearing rock or earth as it comes out of the ground, before any processing or refinement.
The phrase emphasizes the unprocessed state: The mine shipped raw ore to the smelter.
Raw ore contains the desired mineral mixed with worthless rock and impurities that must be separated out.
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- extractedRemoved from source
- veinVessel toward heart
- mother lodePrincipal ore deposit
mine · mining claim · mine shaft · smelting · blast furnace · deposit · crude · excavated · open pit · metallic · iron · copper · refining · quarry · lode · pay dirt · digging · ingot
material form
raw oreingots
Cast metal bars
bars · billets · metal sheets · finished goods · cast metal