Green & Petrified wood

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Surrounded by green leaves, this looks like a rock?

I thought it was rock when I saw it from afar.

Looking closer, it's not a rock yet.

Have you seen petrified wood?

I think this is the ongoing petrified wood.

There are still more signs of the trees.

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Petrified wood (from the Greek root petro meaning "rock" or "stone"; literally "wood turned into stone") is the name given to a special type of fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. It is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having completely transitioned to stone by the process of permineralization. All the organic materials have been replaced with minerals (mostly a silicate, such as quartz), while retaining the original structure of the stem tissue. Unlike other types of fossils which are typically impressions or compressions, petrified wood is a three-dimensional representation of the original organic material. The petrifaction process occurs underground, when wood becomes buried under sediment or volcanic ash and is initially preserved due to a lack of oxygen which inhibits aerobic decomposition. Mineral-laden water flowing through the covering material deposits minerals in the plant's cells; as the plant's lignin and cellulose decay, a stone mold forms in its place. The organic matter needs to become petrified before it decomposes completely.[1] The process lasts millions of years.[2] A forest where such material has petrified becomes known as a petrified forest.

-by wikipedia-

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