Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A substance or agent that mineralizes; a substance that combines with a metal to form an ore.
  • noun In petrography, a dissolved gas in an igneous magma which promotes crystallization, or leads to the production of particular minerals which contain the elements of the gas, such as boron, chlorin, fluorin, hydrogen. Compare crystallizer, 2.

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

  • noun An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. .

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  • noun An element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.

Etymologies

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mineralize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Under ideal conditions, SPL may tend to act as a mineralizer due to the presence of halogens, hence a reduction in burning temperature could be realized.

    4.1 Geological investigations 1993

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