gossan

Significat (Anglès)

Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.

Sinònims

iron hat

capping

iron gossan

iron cap

gozzan

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡɒsən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed in the 1770s from Cornish gossen, from gōs (“blood”), from Old Cornish guit (compare Proto-Celtic *wolis).