quartziferous

American

[kwawrt-sif-er-uhs] / kwɔrtˈsɪf ər əs /

adjective

consisting of or containing quartz.

quartziferous rock.

quartziferous British

/ kwɔːtˈsɪfərəs /

adjective

containing or composed of quartz

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Etymology

Origin of quartziferous

First recorded in 1825–35; quartz + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

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Quartziferous bands of epidotic hornstone occur with the foregoing beds; and the whole series is overlaid by red sandstones, of banded structure, which bear a striking resemblance to those that overlie the granitoid beds of Wolstenholme Sound.

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He placed the drums and the flexible hose of the Sco drill so that he could begin operations with it as soon as the dawn broke, and started to walk toward the precipitous outcropping of quartziferous stone immediately behind the home-site he had picked.

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The ores were divided into rich and quartziferous; the former not being again melted, but the latter being subjected to a powerful and persistent roasting, during which, after a part of the sulphur, antimony, and arsenic had been exhaled, a kind of distillation of sulphate of copper and sulphate of iron took place, which appeared as "stone," or in balls on the surface of the quartz, and could be easily detached.

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