Containing or producing silver; used to describe rocks, ores, or minerals that yield silver when processed.
From Latin 'argentum' (silver) + '-ferous' (bearing or producing). A standard geological term used since the 19th century to describe mineral deposits.
An argentiferous ore deposit can transform a region's entire economy and history—silver rushes built cities and funded nations, all because of rocks containing this precious element.
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