diamondiferous
Example Sentences
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Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.
From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles
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
That State received £90,000 compensation for improvements and expenses incurred during its short occupation of that disputed strip of diamondiferous ground.
From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by Thomas, C. H.
Water is kept flowing into the tub through one opening, as the diamondiferous soil is worked in through another.
From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
When I spoke of the burrow and the resemblance of the gravel at its mouth to the diamondiferous soil in which we were working, this was made a pretext for derision.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
