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BookmarkPetrified wood is a type of fossil: it exists of fossil wood where all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (most often a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the wood.
The petrifaction process has occurred underground, when wood became buried under sediment..
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