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Record 1 2006-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
DEF

Agatized, opalized, petrified, silicified wood; a material composed of opal or chalcedony (agate) and formed by the replacement of the woody matter by silica.

CONT

Fossil wood is more durable, however, [than fossil animal tissues] and is found virtually unaltered in rocks as old as the Cretaceous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] fragments ligneux des végétaux morts, qui subsistent enfouis dans les terrains sédimentaires du globe.

CONT

Des bois fossiles, même anciens, peuvent être intacts, notamment dans les lignites, ou encore minéralisés. La minéralisation peut s'effectuer de façon variée : avec du calcaire (bois calcifiés), avec de la silice (bois silicifiés), ou avec d'autres substances minérales.

CONT

Les bois fossiles sont abondants à tous les étages à partir du Dévonien.

Spanish

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