permineralizationn.
/pəːˌmɪn(ə)rəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /pəːˌmɪn(ə)rl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /pərˌmɪn(ə)rələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /pərˌmɪn(ə)rəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Geology and Palaeontology.
The action or result of fossilization by the precipitation of dissolved minerals in the interstices of hard tissue; an instance of this.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] > fossilization
fossilization1817
fossilation1861
permineralization1893
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun]
congelation1605
concretion1646
lapidescency1646
petrifaction1667
petrification1677
mineralization1799
permineralization1893
1893 C. A. White in Rep. U.S. Nat. Museum 1892 264 There are seven different natural conditions in which fossil remains are recognizable, three of which relate to substance, three to form, and one to both. To those relating to substance I have applied the terms permineralization, histometabasis, and carbonization... The term permineralization applies to that condition of fossil remains of animals which differ least from their original condition as parts of living animals.
1958 C. L. Fenton & M. A. Fenton Fossil Bk. i. 5 This process [sc. petrification]..takes place in two related ways. The simpler, termed permineralization, takes place when fat and other organic substances decay while water containing dissolved mineral matter soaks into every cavity and pore of hard—especially limy—structures.
1984 J. J. Lowe & M. J. C. Walker Reconstructing Quaternary Environments iv. 202 Care is also required in the use of heavy liquids.., because of pyritisation or permineralisation of some tests.
1997 Science 5 Sept. 1423/1 Late Carboniferous coal-ball permineralizations include fossilized fecal pellet assemblages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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