Question

Petrification is the combination of 2 types of fossilization, replacement and permineralization, by which element? group of answer choices iron silica sodium carbon

Answer 1

The element involved in the process of petrification, replacement, and  permineralization is silica, were petrification is the combination of 2 types of fossilization, replacement, and permineralization

Permineralization is a way of fossilization in which minerals ( like silica have deposited the fill the empty  pores of shells  or the  hard animal parts). Petrification is a process where the organic material is converted to stone by replacing the original material and the pores with minerals, and Replacement occurs when the original bones or shells dissolve away and is replaced by a different mineral, which occurs along with permineralization, the whole process is called petrification.

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