diamondiferous

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When I spoke of the burrow and the resemblance of the gravel at its mouth to the diamondiferous soil in which we were working, this was made a pretext for derision.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

My sixty thousand acres, which are not diamondiferous, will very soon be worth as much as sixty thousand English acres, say two pounds the acre per annum.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

Under its thin crust of limestone was an inconsiderable layer of very poor diamondiferous gravel.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Water is kept flowing into the tub through one opening, as the diamondiferous soil is worked in through another.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise