mineralization Meaning, Definition & Usage

Min`er*al*i*za"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. minéralisation.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
  3. (Bot.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

Webster 1913