auriferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonauriferous adjective
Etymology
Origin of auriferous
1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing ( see 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
Indeed, a man unaccustomed to the bush usually finds it astonishingly difficult even to see one, and provisions were worth a ransom in the auriferous wilderness into which they were pushing their way.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
That barque, sailing under the French flag, is bound for Swansea with a cargo of this: no ordinary auriferous quartz, let me tell you, but containing a hitherto unexampled percentage of gold.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
Other exhibits included specimens of gold-bearing rock from Lepanto and Infantas, and compact auriferous quartz from the celebrated gold-pits of Suyuc near Mancayan.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
The total number of quartz reefs proved to be auriferous is between 350 and 400, while the extent of auriferous ground worked upon in the district is 187 square miles.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard
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