ferriferous

American  

[fuh-rif-er-uhs] / fəˈrɪf ər əs /

adjective

1. producing or yielding iron.

   ferriferous rock.

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ferriferous British  

/ fɛˈrɪfərəs /

adjective

1. producing or yielding iron; iron-bearing

   a ferriferous rock

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Etymology

Origin of ferriferous

First recorded in 1805–15; ferri- + -ferous

Example Sentences

Zeuxite, zūks′īt, n. a ferriferous tourmaline.

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Ferriferous, fer-rif′ėr-us, adj. bearing or yielding iron.

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Hydrochloric acid is applied in the same way as sulphuric acid; it has certain advantages of which the most important is that it does not admit the formation of basic salts; its chief disadvantage is that it dissolves the oxides of iron, and accordingly must not be used for highly ferriferous ores.

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Its composition is peculiar, as it is chiefly formed of small pieces of pumice, obsidian, and trachyte, in beds alternating with loam, ferriferous sand, and fragments of limestone.

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The islands of the Grecian Archipelago were roofed over with a vault of low-lying clouds, as if those ferriferous hummocks and limestone peaks were the invisible pillars of an enormous crypt.

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