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mineralization|mɪnərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. mineralize v. + -ation.]
1. a. The action or process of mineralizing, or the state of being mineralized.
1757tr. Henckel's Pyritol. ix. 145 The mineral damps, that lodge any where for mineralisation, may happen to be of different mixtions. 1798Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 580 This tarnish is principally a commencement of mineralization on the surface. 1837Buckland Geol. & Min. I. 352 note, As happens when vegetables are converted into coal, under the process of mineralization. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. 39 Mineralization of the [cell-] wall may be general or local... General mineralization of the wall depends most frequently on silicic acid. 1895Oliver tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants I. 264 The final result of the decomposition of organic bodies by bacteria has been termed mineralization. 1898Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LIV. 81 The silicification, or more generally the mineralization, of these conglomerates is, in my opinion, the result of secondary processes of infiltration and crystallization. 1918Mining Mag. XIX. 196/2 The supposed essential similarities between the conglomerates and ordinary lode deposits and quartz veins seem rather to have been based on ignorance of the various factors identical to formation of fissure deposits than on clear conceptions as to how the conglomerates received their mineralization. 1935Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XXX. 115 ‘Mineralization’ was shown to be a process of chemical action in which the mineralizer, HCl, was regenerated after performing transport and combination of the Fe2O3 with the MgO. 1971Nature 24 Dec. 460/2 We intend to use this method to monitor the growth and dissolution of crystals in gels, especially in connexion with mineralization and demineralization in biological systems.
b. concr. A product of this process, a petrifaction.
1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. I. 109 In which mineralizations the tender white rind..is preserved quite in its natural appearance.
2. Mining. The condition of being well supplied with ore.
1899Daily News 3 May 6/6 A sufficient proof..that City men believe in the mineralisation of the country. 1970Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 13/3 Two of the three drills encountered insignificant mineralisation. 1971Nature 6 Aug. 393/2 In regions of mercury mineralization, however, up to 100 µg/kg has been reported. |