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ˈscovan Mining (Cornw.).
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= scove n. scovan lode: see quots.
1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 90 A Scovan Lode, is formed of a hard compact crystalline Stone, either of a brown or black hue, according to the colour of the Tin with which it is mixed. Ibid. 105 If it takes its course through a Scovan Lode, it mostly damages..the Scovan. 1814W. Phillips in Trans. Geol. Soc. II. 118 When tin ore is intimately mingled with quartz and chlorite, the vein is termed a scovan load. 1860Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss., Cornw. (ed. 2) 22 Scovan lode, a lode having no gossan on its back or near the surface. |