metalliferous
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adjective
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Origin of metalliferous
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In the east lies Ruanda-Urundi, where the seven-foot Watussi live; in the south lies Katanga, the metalliferous wonderland that fronts on Rhodesia and is the site of Shinkolobwe, the world's richest uranium mine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Visitors were barred because they might carry metalliferous dust; even research-staff members had to take their shoes off before entering the animal rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this buddle is generally washed that metalliferous material which has been sifted through the large sieve into the tub containing water.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Such metalliferous material is usually found torn away from veins and stringers and scattered far and wide by the impetus of water, although sometimes venae dilatatae are composed of it.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Next, a boy throws the metalliferous material on to the iron plate with an iron shovel and breaks the small lumps, stirring them this way and that with the same implement.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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