metalliferous

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But if not metalliferous, much of the parish is exceptionally fertile and verdant, in contrast to the barrenness of the Goonhilly Downs.

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  • The FeOB were cultured from the surfaces of weathered rock and metalliferous sediments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • "The company continues to evaluate other metalliferous projects in Indonesia including iron ore and manganese with a view to acquiring projects which will generate cash flow in the next twelve months," Prosperity said. —  WA Business News - Latest News
  • Major exports from the United States to Finland continue to be machinery, telecommunications equipment and parts, metalliferous ores, road vehicles and transport equipment, computers, peripherals and software, electronic components, chemicals, medical equipment, and some agricultural products.
  • He also forecast that corporate income taxes will tail off by $16 million over the three years, metalliferous-mine taxes by $6 million, federal mineral royalties by $2 million and property taxes by $2 million. —  billingsgazette.com
  • Rounding up the list of the Top 10 imports for February were metalliferous ores and metal scrap amounting to $64.47 million; iron and steel, $58.62 million; medicinal and pharmaceutical products, $57.46 million; and plastics in primary and non-primary forms,
 

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  1. From Latin metallifer : metallum, metal; see metal + -fer, -fer.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = French metallifère = Spanish metalífero; from Latin metallifer, yielding metals, from metallum, a metal, + ferre = English bear.
 

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/mɛtəˈlɪfərəs/
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