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Petrification is the process of turning some plant material into stone without changing the original shape by the infiltration with water carrying mineral particles.

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If an organic material is converted into stone it becomes what?

If an organic material is converted into stone, it becomes a fossil. The process by which this occurs is called fossilization. Fossils provide valuable information about past life forms and environments.


How do you use the word petrification in a sentence?

Petrification means turning into stone, like a fossil.Petrification changed the bone into a fossil.Over time, petrification occurred.


How do you use petrification in a sentence?

I could see the petrification of the crowd as the monster appeared


How do you speed up the petrification process?

To speed up the petrification process, you can increase the temperature and pressure of the environment where petrification is taking place. Enhancing the mineral content of the surrounding solution can also accelerate the petrification. Additionally, exposing the object to catalysts or enzymes that promote mineral deposition can help speed up the petrification process.


What is a antonym of petrification?

depetrification


Is turning to stone?

Petrification


What is in the process in which minerals replace tissues?

In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification


When the remains of an organism are replaced by minerals.?

In geology, petrification or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. So yeah the answer is petrification


What fossil type is petrified wood?

Petrification


What is the type of fossil called where there is a molecule-for-molecule replacement turning the original object into a rock like object?

The type of fossil you are referring to is called a petrified fossil. Petrification occurs when minerals such as silica or calcite replace the organic material of the original object, transforming it into a rock-like structure while retaining its original shape and features.


When was the last petrification on earth?

the last petrification on earth was more than likely today everyday bones and wood petrify somewhere on earth. your welcome- Dr. Hieman


What is the name of a bone are filled with liquid minerals?

Calcification - or petrification.