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Organic things get buried in locations favourable for the formation of fossils (stream deltas, ocean floor.) The mud (or whatever) forms a hard cast about the thing. The thing then decomposes and gets flushed away. The hole fills with a mineral the local water is rich in. This is a fossil.

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