saliferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of saliferous
Example Sentences
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It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
He was the owner of extensive salt mines on the further side of the mountain, which contains an illimitable deposit of the saliferous substance.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r
OBS.—Because sal, salis, in Latin, doubles not the l, the chemists write salify, salifiable, salification, saliferous, saline, salinous, saliniform, salifying, &c., with single l, contrary to Rule 3d.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
With the exception of these saliferous beds, most of the rocks as already remarked, present a striking general resemblance with the upper parts of the gypseous or cretaceo-oolitic formation of Chile.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
Nevertheless, we must not forget that there are dense masses of red and variegated sandstones and clays, thousands of feet in thickness, and of vast horizontal extent, wholly devoid of saliferous or gypseous matter.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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