1. converts into or becomes like agate through a process of mineralization
Usage: geological

Examples

• Over millions of years, the wood slowly agatizes as silica replaces the organic material.
• The fossil agatizes when groundwater deposits minerals in its pores.
• Heat and pressure cause the organic matter to decompose as the specimen agatizes.
• Scientists study how bone agatizes in certain geological conditions.
• The process that agatizes wood creates beautiful petrified specimens.