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gozzan

gozzan is the alternative form of gossan.

Meaning of gossan

Noun

gossan (countable and uncountable, plural gossans)

  1. Rust-coloured (weatherized and oxidized) rock or mineral deposits, forming the upper part or outcrop of a metallic vein.
    • 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.2008, L. Nadeau, J.J. Ryan, P. Brouillette, D.T. James, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5907, page 1

Forms of gozzan

pluralgozzans

Questions about gozzan

What is gozzan the alternative form of?
Gozzan is the alternative form of gossan.

Words near gozzan in the dictionary

  1. Gozlu
  2. Gozo
  3. Gozo Region
  4. Gozurat
  5. gozz
  6. gozzan
  7. gozzans
  8. gozzard
  9. gozzards
  10. Gozzian
  11. gozzled

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