diamondiferous

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During 1909 various companies were formed to exploit the diamondiferous area.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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)

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

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

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

Under its thin crust of limestone was an inconsiderable layer of very poor diamondiferous gravel.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)