auriferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonauriferous adjective
Etymology
Origin of auriferous
1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing ( auri- 1, -fer ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.
From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013
From want of rain, however, washing the auriferous earth was attended with difficulty and delay.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Some of the hydraulic works in California for washing down masses of auriferous earth are on a scale stupenduous enough to produce really important topographical changes.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
The sand of some of the rivers, as for instance the Maros, Szamos, K�r�s and Aranyos, is auriferous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Little has been done to develop the mineral resources of the district, which include tin, lead, antimony and auriferous quartz.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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