mineralizer

A substance or agent that mineralizes; a substance that combines with a metal to form an ore.

In petrography, a dissolved gas in an igneous magma which promotes crystallization, or leads to the production of particular minerals which contain the elements of the gas, such as boron, chlorin, fluorin, hydrogen. Compare crystallizer, 2.

An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. .

An element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.