the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
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The petrified wood fossils have been preserved for millions of years by the process of petrification, a process which turns the wood into quartz crystal, harder than steel. 石化木材的化石自石化過程起，已經(jīng)歷了數(shù)百萬年，石化過程會(huì)將木材轉(zhuǎn)變成為比鋼鐵還要堅(jiān)硬的石英晶體。