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siliciferous, a.|sɪlɪˈsɪfərəs|
[f. L. silici-, silex silex1 + -ferous. So F. silicifère.]
Yielding or producing silex or silica.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 101 Siliciferous Marlites.—Of these there are many varieties. 1799― Geol. Ess. 184 It is so much the more siliciferous as it approaches more to granitic mountains. 1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. xii. 372 The siliciferous and calciferous hydrates of iron. 1853Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. III. xxvi. 118 It is a siliciferous subsulphate of alumina and potash. |