cupriferous
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A cupriferous variety, from Jalpa in Tabasco, Mexico, is known as jalpaite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
In this manner the lead absorbs the gold, whether pure or argentiferous or cupriferous, and the alloy is taken to the cupellation furnace.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The yield of the argentiferous and cupriferous ores, proved, alas! to be but poor.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
Copper silicates occur in the mineral kingdom, many minerals owing their colour to the presence of a cupriferous element.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
The Rossland, the Boundary and the Kootenay districts are the chief centres of vein-mining, yielding auriferous and cupriferous sulphide ores, as well as large quantities of silver-bearing lead ores.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various