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mineralize, v.|ˈmɪnərəlaɪz|
Also 7 minerallise, 8–9 mineralise.
[f. mineral n. and a. + -ize.]
1. trans. To combine with (a metal) so as to convert (it) into the state of ore. ? Obs.
1655T. Vaughan Euphrates 29 When it is Minerallised by it self, and without any fœculent mixture, then [etc.]. 1757tr. Henckel's Pyritol. 151 Sulphur in its separate state..mineralises, or reduces metals to an ore-state. 1796Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 291 This yellow colour probably occasioned the supposition that the lead was mineralized by the tungstic acid. 1813Bakewell Introd. Geol. 221 They [metals] are usually combined with some substance by which they are mineralized. 1855J. R. Leifchild Cornwall Mines 84 Iron, lead, and mercury,..when mineralized by sulphur, form respectively the following sulphurets, iron pyrites, galena, and cinnabar. 1880D. C. Davies Metallif. Min. & Mining (ed. 2) 4 These metalliferous minerals occur in nature in two distinct forms:—1st. Native..2nd. Mineralised, or associated with other minerals, and in combination with the gases or earthy admixtures.
2. a. trans. To convert into a mineral substance.
1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. I. 109 Here are seen..leaves, and roots of birch-trees..entirely mineralized by iron. 1823Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 9 The bones found in caverns are never mineralised. 1872W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks v. 142 The rocky axis, even in that far remote period was as consolidated and mineralised as at present. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 255/1 Shales, sandstones and igneous rocks may be silicified and mineralized under suitable conditions. 1973Nature 7 Dec. 347/1 Experiments introducing modern lichens into the normal preparation of microfaunal samples using hydrogen peroxide failed to mineralise the plant structures.
b. intr. for refl. To become mineralized. In quot. fig.
1845Mozley Ess., Laud (1878) I. 192 A mind, by undergoing a certain ordeal, mineralises and turns into hard transparent crystal.
3. trans. To impregnate with mineral matters.
1789Pilkington View Derby. I. 235 M. de Fourcroy imagines, that some waters contain the liver of sulphur; and that others are mineralized by hepatic gaz.
4. intr. To seek for minerals; to study minerals.
1792A. Young Trav. France 26 Can he clamber the rocks to mineralize? 1857Mrs. A. Crosse Mem. A. Crosse 171 [He] was walking with his eyes fixed on the ground (a habit acquired from mineralising).
5. pass. To be stocked with ore.
1890Melbourne Argus 28 May 7/6 A great quantity of stone, well mineralised, in the level. 1899Daily News 23 May 7/2 By cablegrams:..Lode is heavily mineralised, in so far as 3 feet, average assay value 10 dwts. per ton. |