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Mineralize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In mineralogy, to combine with a metal in forming an ore or mineral. Sulphur mineralizes many of the metals.

2. To convert into a mineral.

3. In these caverns, the bones are not mineralized.

4. To impregnate with a mineral substance; as, to mineralize water.

Mineralize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Mineralize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To transform into a mineral.

2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.

Mineralized [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Deprived of its usual properties by being combined with another substance or formed into an ore; as, metallic substances are mineralized

2. Converted into a mineral.

3. Impregnated with a mineral.

Mineralized [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Mineralizer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A substance which mineralizes another or combines with it in an ore, and thus deprives it of its usual and peculiar properties. Sulphur is one of the most common mineralizers.

Mineralizer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.