Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mineralization \Min`er*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   min['e]ralisation.]
   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.