saliferous

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OBS.—Because sal, salis, in Latin, doubles not the l, the chemists write salify, salifiable, salification, saliferous, saline, salinous, saliniform, salifying, &c., with single l, contrary to Rule 3d.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

I find since that Dr Wilson states these rocks to be highly saliferous, and says the Arabs scrape them with knives to obtain saltpetre for making their rude gunpowder. 

From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James

With the exception of these saliferous beds, most of the rocks as already remarked, present a striking general resemblance with the upper parts of the gypseous or cretaceo-oolitic formation of Chile.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S by Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, we must not forget that there are dense masses of red and variegated sandstones and clays, thousands of feet in thickness, and of vast horizontal extent, wholly devoid of saliferous or gypseous matter.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir