What does argentiferous mean?
Argentiferous means (geology) Containing or producing silver..
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(geology) Containing or producing silver..
To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
Where’s the argentiferous wind-jammer of Nebraska whose fervescent oratory knocked the Chicago Convention head over heels? What’s become of the tridentiferous statesman from Carolina? Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?
Use argentiferous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Argentiferous means (geology) Containing or producing silver..
Common synonyms include metallic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
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