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.
