diamondiferous

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It takes ten acres of Karroo to feed a sheep, but it was now seen that a few square yards of diamondiferous blue ground would feed a dozen families.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

The pioneers of Kimberley took possession of the diamondiferous grounds without ascertaining to whom they belonged, and when their value became positive the question of ownership arose.

From A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans by

Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

Since that epoch the exploitation has been continued by lessees of the diamondiferous grounds.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

My sixty thousand acres, which are not diamondiferous, will very soon be worth as much as sixty thousand English acres, say two pounds the acre per annum.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles