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auriferous

au·rif·er·ous (ô-rfr-s)

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auriferous – containing gold; “auriferous quartz veins” gold-bearing metal, metallic – containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; “a metallic compound”; “metallic luster”; “the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades”- Ambrose Bierce