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Auriferous 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.
Auriferous pyrites Pyrites Py*ri"tes, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Pyre.]
(Min.)
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
yellowish color.
Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
struck with steel.
Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite.
Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous.
Capillary pyrites, millerite.
Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
Hair pyrites, millerite.
Iron pyrites. See Pyrite.
Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite.
Tin pyrites, stannite.
White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
etc.
Yellow, or Copper, pyrites, the sulphide of copper and
iron; chalcopyrite.
Auriferous pyrites 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.
Lauriferous Lauriferous Lau*rif"er*ous, a. [L. laurifer; laurus + ferre to
bear.]
Producing, or bringing, laurel.
