argentiferous

From argent +‎ -i- +‎ -ferous.

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

argentiferous (comparative more argentiferous, superlative most argentiferous)

1. (geology) Containing or producing silver.
   • 1854, Carl Friedrich Plattner; Sheridan Muspratt, The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, and Other Metallic Combinations:

     To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.

• garnetiferous