jasperization

noun

jasperization

noun

Etymology From jasper + -ization.

1

The act or process of jasperizing.

Jasperization of chert was concomitant with hard ore formation, but it was incidental rather than necessary for ore localization.1948, Robert Myres Crump, Origin of hard iron ores of the Marquette district, page 52:

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