About The Word Auriferous
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Auriferous
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What's The Definition Of Auriferous?
[adj] containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Auriferous: gold-bearing | metal(a) | metallic Related Terms | Find terms related to Auriferous: See Also | Auriferous In Webster's Dictionary \Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre
to bear: cf. F. aurif[`e]re.]
Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.
Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays.
--Thomson.
{Auriferous pyrites}, iron pyrites (iron disulphide),
containing some gold disseminated through it.
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