gossan

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɒsən/    美 /ˈɡɑsən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein. countable,uncountable
    — Despite being comprised largely of a multiply deformed amphibolite and granulite facies metagranitoid terrain, the region includes supracrustal belts of three different ages, all hosting gossans that signal base- and precious metal prospectivity.

词形变化

gossans plural

词源

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