Definition of "argentiferous" []

• Bearing or producing silver. (adjective)

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• "If the rock prove argentiferous I should hope to strike virgin silver in the capillary or aborescent shape below."
• "The Sambúk received a cargo of quarrymen and sacks, in order to ship at Makná the “argentiferous galena” and other rocks left by Lieutenant Yusuf and M. Philipin upon the shore; and, that done, she was directed to rejoin us at Tírán Island."
• "Our engineer declared it to be argentiferous galena, but it proved to be magnetic iron."