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Its name came from the surrounding area, which is heavily mineralized.

In 2012 a further uranium mineralized north zone was identified.

Although not mineralized, it is sometimes considered and used as a gemstone.

The range is mineralized with historical mining claims, some still operating.

The soft tissue must then be mineralized before it decomposes.

Bacteria mineralize the organic components to make them available to the plants.

The first mineralized hard tissues form at this location.

Large thin flat mineralized plates have been found next to the ribs' sides.

The head is instead covered in an array of smaller, weakly mineralized scales.

It came to a patch of sand-tawny sand, heavily mineralized.

It had been all but completely mineralized by contact with the alien crystalline substance.

It eventually mineralizes, but not before the rest of the dentin is already mineralized.

The scaffold will encourage them to proliferate, differentiate and mineralize.

Because it has mineralized onto your teeth, tartar is far more difficult to remove than plaque.

Given time, plaque can mineralize along the gingiva, forming tartar.

Enamel and dentin do not regenerate after they mineralize initially.

The Spirula shell begins as an organic structure, and is then very rapidly mineralized.

The water becomes significantly mineralized, super-saturated with calcium and magnesium-hydrogencarbonate.

The group is represented in the fossil record from shells of those groups within the clade that mineralized.

The silk gel fills the matrix to be mineralized before the mineralization takes place.

These micro-organisms mineralize the discarded leaves and release nutrients that are taken up by the plant.

But they had been mineralized after they had been destroyed.

The jaws are poorly mineralized, suggesting that it does not feed on hard-shelled animals.

Nitrogen is also mineralized from the degradation of proteins and nucleic acids in litter.

The fruit trees began to die; it transpired that the soil was too salty and mineralized for them.

These tests will also determine whether or not the microorganisms will completely mineralise the waste, as opposed to producing metabolic intermediates which may be more toxic that the original compound.

Taphonomic studies indicate that embryos are preserved for longest in reducing, anoxic conditions - these conditions can keep the embryos intact for long enough for bacteria to mineralise the cells and permit their preservation.