- In geology,
petrifaction or
petrification (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the
process by
which organic material becomes a
fossil through...
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attempted to
duplicate the
process of
petrification of wood, both to
better understand the
natural petrification process and for its
possible use as a...
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unusually high
mineral content. This
process of
petrifying is not to be
confused with
petrification,
wherein the
constituent molecules of the original...
- The
Petrified Forest is a 1936
American crime drama film
directed by
Archie Mayo and
based on
Robert E. Sherwood's 1934
drama of the same name. The motion...
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Minister of the
Petrification Kingdom until he
usurped the
unnamed ruler who was Soyuz's
father and used the
Petrification Device to
petrify him and punish...
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Petrified dunes are rock
formations located in
several locations of the
American south west,
including Arches National Park, Zion
National Park, and Snow...
- in the
petrified wood. In
Petrified Forest National Park, most of the logs in the park
retained their original external form
during petrification but lost...
- The
Petrified forest,
located 42
kilometres (26 mi) west of the
Namibian town of Khorixas, on the C39 road, is a
deposit of
large tree
trunks that have...
- The
Petrified Forest Member is a
stratigraphic unit of the
Chinle Formation in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. It
preserves fossils dating...
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wooden structures had
turned to stone, thus the
designation "
petrification" or
sometimes "
petrified carpentry" for this process. This
careful preservation of...
