gossanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒsən/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑsən/

名詞

gossan (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gossans)

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

     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.

派生語

• gossaniferous

参照

• “gossan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “gossan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• gosans, sangos