MINERALIZE

mineralize. Mineralize, v.t. to combine with a mineral in ore

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Min″er‐al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mineralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing (?).] [[Cf. F. minéraliser.]] 1. 1. To transform into a mineral.
In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland. 2. 2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.