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Silicification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica. It is a rare form of fossilization.

Q: What is fossil silicification?

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Silicification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica. It is a rare form of fossilization.

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I'm NOT 100% sure but appartenly it is Lithium

Look on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

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In geology, petrifaction, petrification or silicification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica. It is a rare form of fossilization. Petrified wood is the most well known result of this process, but all organisms from bacteria to vertebrates can be petrified.

So it is therefore possible for moose droppings to petrify but unfortunately geologists the world over are still looking for the first examples of petrified moose poo

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So it is therefore possible for moose droppings to petrify but unfortunately geologists the world over are still looking for the first examples of petrified moose poo.

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Mineral replacement fossils are fossils that preserve the structure of the original organically produced matter without actually preserving any of the original material.

The agatized shells mentioned above are a good example. An even better example is petrified wood, which has absolutely no wood at all in it - it has been 100% replaced with silica - but which preserves structures sometimes right down to the cellular level.

Typically these types of fossils involve silica, since silica is often deposited as a colloid and ends up forming micro-fine crystals that can preserve structures very well. Occasionally you see other replacements such as pyrite replacing what were originally shells.

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