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
I have seen samples of galena from Cebú which was said to be auriferous, but I have never heard that any of these ores have been worked anywhere in the islands.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
Indeed, a man unaccustomed to the bush usually finds it astonishingly difficult even to see one, and provisions were worth a ransom in the auriferous wilderness into which they were pushing their way.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
By simple washing, i.e. dressing auriferous sands, gravels, &c.;
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Does the auriferous quartz occur in veins, and are these still in situ, or are they broken up?
