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auriferous

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Adjective
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au=rif=er=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

auriferousa. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère.].
     Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.  [1913 Webster]
    "Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays."  [1913 Webster]
Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

auriferous, adj. naturally bearing gold.

Etymology
L aurifer f. aurum gold

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