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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Auriferous \Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf F. aurif[`e]re.] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. --Thomson. {Auriferous pyrites}, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: auriferous adj : containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" [syn: {gold-bearing}]
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