auriferous

American  

[aw-rif-er-uhs] / ɔˈrɪf ər əs /

adjective

1. yielding or containing gold.

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auriferous British  

/ ɔːˈrɪfərəs /

adjective

1. (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing

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Other Word Forms

• nonauriferous adjective

Etymology

Origin of auriferous

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

Example Sentences

Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013

The extraction of gold from auriferous minerals by fusion, except as an incident in their treatment for other metals, is very rarely practised.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

And, finally, experts declare that some of the rich banket beds of the Transvaal became auriferous by the infiltration of water containing a minute proportion of gold in solution.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

By simple washing, i.e. dressing auriferous sands, gravels, &c.;

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Now they were going back to civilization with many ounces of gold, and papers relating to auriferous claims, to invoke the aid of capital before they once more turned their faces toward the frozen north.

From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold