metalliferous
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of metalliferous
Example Sentences
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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 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
Generally, rocky and barren localities are avoided, and large and deep beds of the red metalliferous clay sought for.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
This metalliferous rock has evidently, in former ages, been scooped out by rivers and streams, forming valleys and vast diluvial plateaux, where the abraded materials were deposited.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
On each side it has handles, which are held in the hands by whoever washes the metalliferous material.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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