MINERALIZA'TION, noun [See Mineralize.] 1. The process of forming an ore by combination with another substance; the natural operation of uniting a metallic substance with another. 2. The process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant. 3. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
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