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In the basalt, the CO2 had mineralized in a matter of years, making this a particularly attractive way to deal with the CO2 troll.
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That’s because the soft tissues of the undercarriage are usually long gone by the time the harder exoskeletons mineralize into the distinctive alien-looking fossils.
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At the Hellisheidi geothermal plant near Reykjavik, researchers dissolve carbon dioxide in water and inject it into basalt rock, which chemically reacts with the gas, mineralizing it.
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The gas mineralized into calcium carbonate, the main component of limestone.
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First Known Use of mineralize
1655
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of mineralize
mineralized
also British mineralised;
mineralizing
also British mineralising
: to impregnate or supply with minerals or an inorganic compound
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