gossan

Signification (Anglais)

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

Synonymes

iron hat

capping

iron gossan

iron cap

gozzan

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɒsən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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