Mineralize /(?)/

Min·er·al·ize

Mineralize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Mineralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mineralizing

  1. To transform into a mineral.
    In these caverns the bones are not mineralized.
    — Buckland.
  2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.
  3. To charge or impregnate with ore.

Mineralize

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