Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Bearing or containing nickel. Used of ores.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing nickel: as, nickeliferous pyrrhotite. Also niccoliferous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Containing nickel.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Containing, or bearing nickel

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Examples

  • The extensive disseminated nickeliferous sulphide intersection in hole MN07-46 indicates that appropriate units have a strong potential to host nickel deposits within McNugget.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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