Min′er‐al‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. 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 water.
3. (Bot.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.