diamantiferous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diamantiferous
1875–80; < French diamantif ère, equivalent to diamant diamond + -if ère; -i-, -ferous
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Diamantiferous, dī-a-man-tif′er-us, adj. yielding diamonds.
From Project Gutenberg
The sandstones and conglomerates belong to the Vindhyan formation and overlie the old crystalline rocks: the diamantiferous beds are well defined, often not more than 1 ft. in thickness, and contain pebbles of quartzite, jasper, sandstone, slate, &c.
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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.
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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.
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At first each claim was an independent pit 31 ft. square sunk into the blue ground; the diamantiferous rock was hoisted by bucket and windlass, and roadways were left across the pit to provide access to the claims.
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