What is a "Mineralization"?
For the purpose of this web site, "mineralization" is defined as
- a significant/substantial enrichment of aat least one chemical element
above background values at the scale of a hand specimen (ca. 5-10
cm)
or
- a hand specimen showing the process of ann elemental enrichment "caught
in the act",
despite not being enriched in this element as a whole (see magnesite as an example).