cupriferous

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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

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

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

The description is no doubt that of the Mannsfeld cupriferous slates.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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