zeolitizev.
/ˈziːəlᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈziələˌtaɪz/ Chiefly Geology.
transitive. To convert (a rock or mineral) into a zeolite or zeolites. Chiefly in passive. Cf. zeolitization n.
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zeolitize1881
1881 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 40 700 In the first stages the nephelin is zeolitised, as well as sodalite; in the second and third stages, kaolinisation of the felspars, and removal of the zeolites occur.
1887 Geol. Mag. Feb. 88 The chief type of olivine rock is described as a felspathic peridotite: besides olivine, bronzite and diallage, it contains up to five per cent. of bytownite, partly zeolitized.
1989 European Jrnl. Mineral. 1 482/1 There is no sharp difference between the tephra zeolitized in this way and tephra which has undergone diagenetic zeolitization.
2012 Fuel 97 18/1 Utilisation of these streams could be of mutual advantage to the process of zeolitising fly ashes and the aluminium anodising industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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