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  1. Gossan
    Gossan is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein. In the classic gossan or iron cap all that remains is iron oxides and quartz often in the form of boxworks, quartz lined cavities retaining the shape of the dissolved or...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossan

  2. Gossan
    Gos'san noun (Geol.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/46

  3. gossan
    <geology> Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?gossan

  4. Gossan
    • (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gossan/

  5. gossan
    rust-coloured oxide and hydroxide minerals of iron and manganese that cap an ore deposit. Gossans form by the oxidation of the sulfide minerals in an ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/52

  6. Gossan
    Gossan is decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/HG.HTM

  7. gossan
    1) An iron-rich rock
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/gossan/1

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