gossan
Meaning
Noun
- decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein
Origin
- Borrowed from Cornish gossen, from gōs, from Old Cornish guit (compare Proto-Celtic *wolis).
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