mineralization love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of mineralizing; the process of converting or being converted into a mineral, as a metal into an oxid, sulphuret, or other ore.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
  • noun The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
  • noun (Bot.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals
  • noun The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds
  • noun medicine The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton
  • noun The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water

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Examples

  • Laci's body for example had what they called mineralization on it, little nodules of minerals.

    CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2004 2004

  • This process is known as mineralization and it is carried out by a variety of bacteria and fungi.

    Nitrogen cycle 2007

  • The wall rocks to the mineralization are the same dacites volcanic package found in the western portion of the Burns Block.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • This process is known as mineralization and it is carried out by a variety of bacteria and fungi.

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

  • As a consequence, soft tissue mineralization, which is a characteristic of

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  • An introductory geologic discussion at the Main target site included the Tertiary tuff host rocks for the mineralization, which is common for all the targets, and the numerous geological similarities between Longstreet and the nearby Round Mountain open-pit heap leach deposit.

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  • Prospecting focused on vein style mineralization, which is often associated with porphyry systems.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Core drilling has enabled the sub-surface setting of the mineralization, which is evidently controlled both by favourable rock types and structures, to be clearly seen for the first time.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • Along with expanding the limits along strike and at depth we are also specifically targeting the massive mineralization, which is showing indications of being a single, consistent zone with a predictable orientation.

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  • Along with expanding the limits along strike and at depth we are also specifically targeting the massive mineralization, which is showing indications of being a single, consistent zone with a predictable orientation.

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