[biology] Note 1: A particular case is the process by which living organisms produce and structure minerals often to harden or stiffen existing tissues. (See biomineralization.) Note 2: In the case of polymer biodegradation, this term is used to reflect conversion to CO2 and H2O and other inorganics. CH4 can be considered as part of the min...
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[geology] In geology, mineralization is the hydrothermal deposition of economically important metals in the formation of ore bodies or `lodes`. The first scientific studies of this process took place in the English county of Cornwall by J.W.Henwood FRS and later by R.W. Fox, FRS. The term can also refer to the process by which waterborne mi...
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[soil science] Mineralization in soil science is decomposition or oxidation of the chemical compounds in organic matter into plant-accessible forms. Mineralization is the opposite of immobilization. ...
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Complete conversion of organic substances to inorganic derivatives, often visible as microscopic deposits which may be associated with damage to soft tissue, e.g., in the kidney.
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• (n.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature. • (n.) 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. • (n.) The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.Mineralization: words in the def...
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the action of mineralizing; the state of being mineralized.
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(from the article `Precambrian time`) Abundant mineralization has occurred in greenstone-granite belts. These belts constitute one of the world`s principal depositories of gold, silver, ...
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(from the article `bone`) Bone is formed on previously resorbed surfaces by deposition of an unmineralized protein matrix material (osteoid) and its subsequent mineralization. ... ...boundary. Fossils from Cambrian rocks include the oldest representatives of most animal phyla having mineralized shells or skeletons. A lack of ... [2 r...
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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. <botany> The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature. ... Origin: Cf. F. Mineralisation. ...
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(min″er-al-ĭ-za´shun) the addition of mineral matter to the body.
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Min`er·al·i·za'tion noun [ Confer French
minéralisation .]
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 w...
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replacement of organic or inorganic matter by minerals such as silica, calcite or iron during the process of fossilization.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: min′ĕr-ăl-i-zā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The introduction of minerals into a structure, as in the normal mineralization of bones and teeth or the pathologic mineralization of tissues, dystrophic or metastatic calcification.
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Decomposition of organic matter into its inorganic elemental components.
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The process through which an organic substance becomes impregnated by inorganic substances and becomes fossilized or petrified.
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A deposit of rock containing one or more minerals for which the economics of recovery have not yet been established.
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The process of replacing any organism’s original material with a mineral.
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The process of replacing any organism`s original material with a mineral.
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mineralization, mineralize, mineralizer 1. The fact of becoming a mineral; the conversion of organic compounds into inorganic ones. 2. A process in vertebrates in which the mineral component of bone tissue increases in content and/or density. Examples of mineralization include the deposition of salts in living organisms; such as, calcium phosphat...
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A process where an organic substance is converted to an inorganic substance. This transformation process can occur in Fossilization.
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