diamantiferous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diamantiferous
1875–80; < French diamantif ère, equivalent to diamant diamond + -if ère; see -i-, -ferous
Example Sentences
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With the true pipes are associated dykes and fissures also filled with diamantiferous blue ground.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
At each of these spots the diamantiferous area was a roughly circular patch of considerable size, and in some occupied the position of one of those depressions or “pans” so frequent in S. Africa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
It was soon found that each mine was in reality a huge vertical funnel or crater descending to an unknown depth, and filled with diamantiferous blue ground.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
A screen, or cylinder wash mill and elevator, were used for dealing with the diamantiferous soil, and were described.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
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