What's the difference between auriferous and metalliferous?

Auriferous


Definition:

  • (a.) Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Convergent beam electron diffraction proves the crystalline nature of the spherical auriferous deposits.
  • (2) In the contaminated area, gold prospectors have been using mercury to separate gold from auriferous sand and rock powders for many years.

Metalliferous


Definition:

  • (a.) Producing metals; yielding metals.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No correlation was found between lung cancer and severity of the radiological category, the type of silica (coal or metalliferous mines, quarries etc), or the degree of exposure to silica dust.
  • (2) The ability of pathogenic mineral, fibrous and metalliferous dusts to stimulate PMN to produce potentially injurious free radical oxidants, has been studied using an in vitro chemiluminescent technique.
  • (3) The Wistar rats were intratracheally administered 50 mg of PbO dust, the same amounts of metalliferous dust from one of lead--and zinc works and of ferrotungsten dust, and 10--15 mg of cadmium dust (greater doses of cadmium dust resulted in animals' death).