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auriferous

[ aw-rif-er-uhs ]

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adjective

auriferous

/ ɔːˈrɪfərəs /

1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing ( auri- ¹, -fer ) + -ous

C18: from Latin aurifer gold-bearing, from aurum gold + ferre to bear

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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