mineralize

Min"er*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mineralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. minéraliser.] 1. To transform into a mineral. In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland. 2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water. Min"er*al*ize, v. i. Defn: To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

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