GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Petrifaction is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having been replaced by stone via a mineralization process that often includes permineralization and replacement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Petrification occurs via a process known as permineralization. Over time, after a piece of wood has been buried under ground, minerals can slowly become deposited in the tree’s cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a tree fell in those forests most decomposed but some, due to a miraculous natural phenomenon known as permineralization, are still here today. These pieces of preserved prehistoric tree are known as petrified wood (araucarioxylon).

Detailed explanation-4: -Minerals, including silica dissolved from volcanic ash, absorbed into the porous wood over hundreds and thousands of years crystallized within the cellular structure, replacing the organic material as it broke down over time. Sometimes crushing or decay left cracks in the logs.