auriferous
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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.
From Forbes ● Aug. 21, 2013
Thereafter he confined his operations to the lower half of the auriferous drift, which being gravelly, was more or less conglomerate, and formed a continuous arch corresponding with the brickwork in a railway tunnel.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
Adventurers of every sort and condition, of all ages and both sexes, from every clime and country, had there congregated at these wondrous auriferous centres.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
And, finally, experts declare that some of the rich banket beds of the Transvaal became auriferous by the infiltration of water containing a minute proportion of gold in solution.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Robert Cochrane
He infers, however, that oil wells in the vicinity of auriferous deposits may yield a larger quantity of gold than from oil wells situated in carboniferous strata.
