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asbestiferous en · ADJ

Etymology

From asbestos + -iferous.

Meanings

1. Containing asbestos.
   • Although several ultrabasic bodies of the Coast Cordillera show asbestos mineralization, so far the only commercially economic deposit to have been investigated is in the Tinaquillo area where more than 3 million M.T. of asbestiferous ore have been outlined. 1986, Metallogeny of Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks, Theophrastus Publications, page 77:
   • All the serpentine of this district is remarkable, as being entirely free from diallage, but is very asbestiferous. 1851, Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, volume IV, Dublin: Samuel B. Oldham, page 170:
   • The largest known deposits of asbestiferous rock in Venezuela are located are located some six miles west of the town of Tinaquillo, in the State of Cojedes.[…]The Caribbean, Caracas, and Villa de Cura series contain outcrops of asbestiferous serpentines, but the only large and perhaps economically valuable deposits are located in the region west and south-west of the town of Tinaquillo, in the State of Cojedes.[…]There is no information available regarding the reserve of asbestiferous serpentine on this property, which belongs to La Compañia Anonima Venezolana de Amianto.[…]Trenching and diamond drilling on the hill known as Cerro El Tigre is reported to have outlined an asbestiferous zone some 1,000 ft. long by 260 ft. wide and 260 ft. deep. 1947, The Mining Magazine, pages 76, 77, 80:

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