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Definition of Argentiferous
1. Adjective. Containing or yielding silver. "Argentiferous ore"
Definition of Argentiferous
1. a. Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
Definition of Argentiferous
1. Adjective. Containing or producing silver. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argentiferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argentiferous
Literary usage of Argentiferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"5 argentiferous galena, in contact with iron pyrites. In this specimen the galena
appears in a confused crystal- hue form, having abandoned the blende with ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Sir William Crookes, Bruno Kerl, Ernst Otto Röhring (1868)
"Sulphate of copper and argentiferous residues result from the process, and they
are treated with lead. In contrast to the former processes, ..."
3. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1880)
"In the last operation an argentiferous alloy of copper and lead was formed, which,
being suitable for liquation, was cast into liquation- cakes. ..."
4. Catalogue of Section One of the Museum of the Geological Survey, Embracing by George Christian Hoffmann (1893)
"zinc blende and iron pyrites in calcite—argentiferous.—"Sweden" claim. ...
with some zinc blende, in dolomitic limestone—argentiferous. ..."
5. The Metallurgy of Lead: Including Desilverisartion and Cupellation by John Percy (1870)
"The lead is tapped from the upper into the lower pot, the argentiferous zinc residue
... The lead separated by liquation from the argentiferous zinc, ..."
6. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"Containing much iron : argentiferous steel, bears from smelting furnaces. ...
In the case of argentiferous bismuth alloys the process is carried on in all ..."
7. The Mining Magazine (1855)
"The argentiferous matt is roasted two or three times in a reverberatory furnace,
until it presents a richness of about 60 per cent, of copper, and from . ..."
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