mineralization
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mineralization (countable and uncountable, plural mineralizations)
- A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals.
- The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds.
- (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton.
- The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water.
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