What does mineralize mean?
Mineralize means (transitive) To convert to a mineral; to petrify..
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(transitive) To convert to a mineral; to petrify..
in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves
mineralized water
He was a senior when he asked Barnes if he ever went "mineralizing," referred admiringly to Bowdoin's Professor Cleaveland, and expressed a wish to "give a good knock about the rocks in Maine."
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Mineralize means (transitive) To convert to a mineral; to petrify..
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Possible antonyms include demineralize.
in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves
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