diamondiferous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diamondiferous
Example Sentences
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My sixty thousand acres, which are not diamondiferous, will very soon be worth as much as sixty thousand English acres, say two pounds the acre per annum.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
It takes ten acres of Karroo to feed a sheep, but it was now seen that a few square yards of diamondiferous blue ground would feed a dozen families.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
On first acquaintance it appears to be surrounded by redoubts or forts, being dotted with mounds of greyish slag, technically called "tailings," which represent the refuse soil from which the diamondiferous ore has been extracted.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
Water is kept flowing into the tub through one opening, as the diamondiferous soil is worked in through another.
From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
When I spoke of the burrow and the resemblance of the gravel at its mouth to the diamondiferous soil in which we were working, this was made a pretext for derision.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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