2. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
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.
MINERALIZE
Min"er*al*ize, v. i.
Defn: To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.
MINERALIZER
Min"er*al*i`zer, n.
Defn: 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.