Meaning & use
Auriferous
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Containing or yielding gold, typically used to describe rock, ore, or geological deposits.
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Prospectors searched the riverbed for auriferous gravel.
The region's auriferous quartz veins drew miners throughout the nineteenth century.
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The word derives from Latin "aurum" (gold) plus "-ferous" (bearing), the same suffix found in words like "carboniferous" and "coniferous."
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gold-bearing
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