auriferous

American  

[aw-rif-er-uhs] / ɔˈrɪf ər əs /

adjective

1. yielding or containing gold.

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auriferous British  

/ ɔːˈrɪfərəs /

adjective

1. (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing

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Other Word Forms

• nonauriferous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of auriferous

1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing ( see auri- ¹, -fer) + -ous

Example Sentences

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auriferous

Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.

From Forbes ● Aug. 21, 2013

The auriferous region extends into Sudanese territory, gold dust being found in all the khors coming from Jebel Faronge on the S.E. frontier.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The extraction of gold from auriferous minerals by fusion, except as an incident in their treatment for other metals, is very rarely practised.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

He infers, however, that oil wells in the vicinity of auriferous deposits may yield a larger quantity of gold than from oil wells situated in carboniferous strata.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

Does the auriferous quartz occur in veins, and are these still in situ, or are they broken up?

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von