cupriferous

American  

[kyoo-prif-er-uhs, koo-] / kyuˈprɪf ər əs, ku- /

adjective

1. containing or yielding copper.

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cupriferous British  

/ kjuːˈprɪfərəs /

adjective

1. (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper

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Etymology

Origin of cupriferous

First recorded in 1775–85; cupri- + -ferous

Example Sentences

The formation was well studied by the miners of that country a century ago as containing a thin band of dark-coloured cupriferous shale, characterised at Mansfield in Thuringia by numerous fossil fish.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The yield of the argentiferous and cupriferous ores, proved, alas! to be but poor.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

The Rossland, the Boundary and the Kootenay districts are the chief centres of vein-mining, yielding auriferous and cupriferous sulphide ores, as well as large quantities of silver-bearing lead ores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The cupriferous stone struck east-west, with a dip to the south; the outcrops, visible without digging, measured fifteen to twenty metres long, by one to one and a half in breadth.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In this manner the lead absorbs the gold, whether pure or argentiferous or cupriferous, and the alloy is taken to the cupellation furnace.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius