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auriferous
[ aw-rif-er-uhs ]
adjective
- yielding or containing gold.
auriferous
/ ɔːˈrɪfərəs /
adjective
- (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing
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- nonau·rifer·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auriferous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auriferous1
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Example Sentences
It was a romantic and picturesque spot, but there was not a grain of auriferous metal or ore in sight.
In many parts of the world epidiorites and the quartz veins which sometimes occur in them have proved to be auriferous.
Footnote 2: Machines in which diggers wash the gold from the auriferous soil.
Chips taken from the same bar of auriferous lead may show in one place 23 ozs.
After crossing the creek, we took a due north course over very rugged quartz ranges of an auriferous character.
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