Mineralization

noun

1. The act or process of mineralizing; the process of converting or being converted into a mineral, as a metal into an oxid, sulphuret, or other ore.
2. 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.
3. The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
4. The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
5. A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals