auriferous
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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.
From Forbes ● Aug. 21, 2013
The difference was even more marked than that between the red clay and the auriferous drift, here only four or five feet thick.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
Other exhibits included specimens of gold-bearing rock from Lepanto and Infantas, and compact auriferous quartz from the celebrated gold-pits of Suyuc near Mancayan.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
From want of rain, however, washing the auriferous earth was attended with difficulty and delay.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
Carefully pour off this auriferous ether into another phial, and cork it close.
From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown
