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Geological Survey geologists first identified rare earth mineralization in the Music Valley area in 1954, with sampling reporting enrichment in dysprosium, terbium, yttrium and ytterbium, Dateline Resources said in a press release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

These minerals are carefully organized into new enamel through a process known as epitaxial mineralization.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

"Ocean acidification, driven by higher levels of carbon dioxide, affects the mineralization of shark skeletons. This makes their bones denser and heavier, reducing their buoyancy and increasing the energy they need to swim."

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

She’d prefer researchers focus on corals directly, for example by knocking out specific genes and observing how their absence affects mineralization.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 24, 2023

The copper-bearing beds have been much silicified, and it has been suggested that mineralization was accomplished by hot-spring waters, probably of igneous origin.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)