Definition of Gozzan

1. gossan [n -S] - See also: gossan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gozzan

gownmen
gowns
gownsman
gownsmen
gowpen
gowpens
gox
goxes
goy
goyal
goyazite
goyim
goyisch
goyish
goys
gozzan (current term)
gozzans
gozzard
gozzards
gp120
gp160 processing protease
gp4l
gr
gr/scf
gr8
graafian
graal
graals
grab
grab-bag

Literary usage of Gozzan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement Le Neve Foster (1897)
"gozzan.—A mineral deposit near the surface is frequently so altered by atmospheric agencies that it bears little resemblance to the ..."

2. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement Le Neve Foster (1897)
"Sometimes there is a sharp line of demarcation, sometimes a gradual passage, between the gozzan and the sulphides. In the sections of a mineral vein, Figs. ..."

3. A Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining by Clement Le Neve Foster (1905)
"gozzan.—A mineral deposit near the surface is frequently so altered by atmospheric agencies that it bears little resemblance to the undecomposed bed or vein ..."

4. Observations on the West of England Mining Region: Being an Account of the by Joseph Henry Collins (1912)
"The manner in which these changes have been brought about will be considered in a future section. A gozzan lode is one showing the presence of much ..."

5. A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands: Mostly by Frederick William Rudler (1905)
"This cellular mass of ferruginous matter is known in Corn wall as gozzan, ... The connection between gozzan above and ore below has been regarded as so well ..."

6. Journal by Royal Institution of Cornwall, William Sorell (1895)
"The production of gozzan seems in most cases to be due to the action of surface-waters percolating through the fissures or their mineral contents. ..."

7. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"In Cornwall it is called gozzan, and this term has been carried by the ... The nature of a gozzan varies according to the composition of the vein from which ..."

8. Report on the Mines and Minerals of New Brunswick: With an Account of the by Loring Woart Bailey, Bailey, L. W. (Loring Woart), 1839-1925 (1864)
"About one hundred and fifty feet higher up the hill, there is a bunch of yellow ore mixed with gozzan. I have been informed, on very good authority, ..."

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