GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It can preserve hard and soft parts. Most bone and wood fossils are permineralized.

Detailed explanation-2: -In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Greek (pétra) ‘rock, stone’) 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through the process of fossilization, ancient animal bones are turned into rock.

Detailed explanation-4: -pet·ri·fy ˈpe-trə-ˌfī petrified; petrifying. Synonyms of petrify. transitive verb. : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter.

Detailed explanation-5: -Petrifaction is when a plant or animal gradually turns into stone. Petrified wood, wood that’s been fossilized over time, is one example of petrifaction. If you study geology, you’ll come across the term petrifaction, which can also be called petrification.