cupriferous
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Its characteristics are the argentiferous and cupriferous ores, whereas in South Midian gold and silver were worked; and the parallelogram whose limits are assigned above, might be converted into a Northern Grant.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Since I have explained the nature of vitriol and its relatives, which are obtained from cupriferous pyrites, I will next speak of an acrid solidified juice which commonly comes from cadmia.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
On ore smelting he describes the reduction of iron and lead ores and cupriferous silver or gold ores with lead.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The cupriferous stone struck east-west, with a dip to the south; the outcrops, visible without digging, measured fifteen to twenty metres long, by one to one and a half in breadth.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Copper silicates occur in the mineral kingdom, many minerals owing their colour to the presence of a cupriferous element.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
