diamondiferous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diamondiferous
Example Sentences
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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 W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Under its thin crust of limestone was an inconsiderable layer of very poor diamondiferous gravel.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.
From A Simpleton by Charles Reade
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 Charles Reade
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 Louis Creswicke
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