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mineralizer|ˈmɪnərəlaɪzə(r)|
[f. mineralize v. + -er1.]
1. a. A substance that combines with a metal to form an ore, as sulphur, arsenic, etc.
1795Nicholson Dict. Chem. 503 The commonest mineralizers are sulphur, arsenic, and fixed air. 1807Aikin Dict. Chem. ii. 105/1 Mineralizer is any substance found in natural combination with a metal. 1854J. D. Whitney Metallic Wealth U.S. ii. 81 Silver, tin, copper, lead, zinc, and iron are obtained almost exclusively in the form of ores, that is, in combination with a mineralizer.
b. Petrol. A volatile substance dissolved in a magma which aids the formation of minerals by altering the properties of the magma but is not necessarily present in the final mineral; also, a substance which promotes the artificial synthesis of a mineral.
1909A. Harker Nat. Hist. Igneous Rocks xii. 290 Mineralisers are, before all, powerful fluxes. One of their most important offices is that of reducing the viscosity of a magma. 1921Jrnl. Geol. XXIX. 205 The presence of mineralizers has lowered the temperature of freezing below the inversion range of these minerals. 1943R. D. George Minerals & Rocks xx. 434 When a rock is poured out of a volcano the mineralizers have a chance to escape before they have done their work. 1958J. H. de Boer in Everett & Stone Struct. & Properties Porous Materials 290 We had a mixture of alumina and silica—I don't remember if it was in the right proportion—but heating at a relatively low temperature..mullite was already formed with lithium as a mineralizer. 1974L. N. Kogarko in H. Spenser Alkaline Rocks vi. iv. 480/2 Mineralizers may not enter into the composition of minerals but exert catalytic action on the process of their growth.
2. The mineral with which a water is impregnated.
1799Med. Jrnl. II. 358 The principal mineralisers of this water are the sulphats of iron and alumin. |