mineralize

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Five vertebrae have been recovered, each partly mineralized, which helped preserve them.

From Science Daily

The fossilized chambers of a phragmocone are divided by mineralized sheets, which are very distinctive and generally well-preserved, Whalen said.

From Seattle Times

And mineralizing a trillion metric tons of CO2 would consume only about 0.03 percent of that oxygen.

From Scientific American

If nearby ski areas have to rely on more intensely mineralized and acidified water to make artificial snow, that could compound the problem, McKnight adds.

From Scientific American

Writing in the journal Nature, Turner leaned on those recent discoveries to describe how the fossils may have formed when sponges, measuring a few millimeters to a centimeter across, became mineralized.

From Washington Post