单词 | blossom-rock |
释义 | > as lemmasblossom-rock blossom-rock n. U.S. (see sense 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > outcrop of vein or stratum crop1686 gossan1778 iron hat1811 blossom1819 iron cap1823 blossom-rock1871 tailings1881 top-crop1889 1871 Colorado Gaz. 156 The ‘blossom rock’ (quartz stained with metallic oxides), which indicates the proximity of mineral deposits, differs but little in gold and silver lodes. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxx. 479 Men were let down from above to ‘prospect’, a crevice was found with blossom rock. 1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado vi. 79 If he had only had a keen eye for ‘blossom rock’ and other indications,..how differently history might have read. < as lemmas |
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