1. To transform into a mineral.

In these caverns the bones are not mineralized.
Buckland.

2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.

Mineralize
(Min"er*al*ize), v. i. To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Mineralizer
(Min"er*al*i`zer) n. An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.

Mineralogical
(Min`er*al*og"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. minéralogique. See Mineralogy.] Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.

Mineralogically
(Min`er*al*og"ic*al*ly), adv. According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.

Mineralogist
(Min`er*al"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. minéralogiste.]

1. One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

2. (Zoöl.) A carrier shell

Mineralogize
(Min`er*al"o*gize) v. i. To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.

Mineralogy
(Min`er*al"o*gy) n.; pl. Mineralogies [Mineral + -logy: cf. F. minéralogie.]

1. The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

2. A treatise or book on this science.


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