diamondiferous
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It takes ten acres of Karroo to feed a sheep, but it was now seen that a few square yards of diamondiferous blue ground would feed a dozen families.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
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)
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
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
