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Petrification vs Permineralization - What's the difference?

petrification | permineralization |

As nouns the difference between petrification and permineralization

is that petrification is the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained while permineralization is a form of fossilization in which minerals are deposited in the pores of bone and similar hard animal parts.

petrification

Noun

  • the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
  • (figurative) obduracy; callousness
  • (Hallywell)

    Synonyms

    * petrifaction

    permineralization

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A form of fossilization in which minerals are deposited in the pores of bone and similar hard animal parts