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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
auriferous /ɔːˈrɪf(ə)rəs/

▶adjective (of rocks or minerals) containing gold.

– origin C17: from L. aurifer ‘gold-bearing’ + -ous.

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