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auriferous

Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

auriferous(s = adj.all) gold-bearing - containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins"

auriferous, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère.].

Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. [1913 Webster]

"Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays." [1913 Webster]

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

auriferous, adj. naturally bearing gold.

Etymology

L aurifer f. aurum gold

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