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

It overlies a bed of saliferous sandstone which has been worked for salt.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

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

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

This same conclusion must, I now believe, be extended to the superficial saliferous beds of Iquique, though they stand about three thousand feet above the level of the sea.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles