diamantiferous

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  1. Yielding or bearing diamonds; producing diamonds. Note on the minerals associated with the diamond in the newly-discovered diamantiferous district of Salobro. Nature, XXX. 188.

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  1. from French diamantifère, from diamant, diamond (see diamond), + -fère (English -ferous), -bearing, from Latin ferre = English bear.
 

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