auriferous
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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.
From Forbes ● Aug. 21, 2013
Adventurers of every sort and condition, of all ages and both sexes, from every clime and country, had there congregated at these wondrous auriferous centres.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
That barque, sailing under the French flag, is bound for Swansea with a cargo of this: no ordinary auriferous quartz, let me tell you, but containing a hitherto unexampled percentage of gold.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
Immediately south is the auriferous Beni Shangul country.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Quartz′-crush′er, -mill, a machine, mill, where auriferous quartz is reduced to powder, and the gold separated by amalgamation.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
