gos|san

gos|san
gos|san «GOS uhn, GOZ-», noun.
Mining. decomposed rock of a reddish or rusty color, due to oxidized iron pyrites, that often forms a large part of the outcrop of a metal-bearing vein. Also, gozzan.
[< a Cornish dialectal word]

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