a. [f. TITAN-IUM + -I-FEROUS.] Containing or yielding titanium.

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1828.  in Webster (citing. Cleaveland).

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1829.  J. Phillips, Geol. Yorks., 105. Magnetic sand (oxydulated titaniferous iron).

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1836–41.  Brande, Chem. (ed. 5), 872. Titaniferous Oxide of Iron, which is more abundant than rutilite, may be used as a source of titanium.

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1883.  Encycl. Brit., XVI. 426/1. Schorlomite (Ferrotitanite)…. Perhaps a titaniferous garnet.

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