diamondiferous

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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

That State received £90,000 compensation for improvements and expenses incurred during its short occupation of that disputed strip of diamondiferous ground.

From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by Thomas, C. H.

Since that epoch the exploitation has been continued by lessees of the diamondiferous grounds.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

During 1909 various companies were formed to exploit the diamondiferous area.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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)