\Min"er*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mineralized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Mineralizing}.] [Cf. F. min['e]raliser.]
1. To transform into a mineral.

         In these caverns the bones are not mineralized.
                                               --Buckland.

2. To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.

\Min"er*al*ize\, v. i.
To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals;
to mineralogize.

\Min"er*al*ize\, v. t.
To charge or impregnate with ore.