Petrification vs Permineralization - What's the difference?
petrification | permineralization |
the process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original shape and topography being retained
(figurative) obduracy; callousness
A form of fossilization in which minerals are deposited in the pores of bone and similar hard animal parts
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
English
(wikipedia petrification)Noun
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