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Fossils are composed of minerals replacing original organic material through permineralization
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Multiple authoritative reference and peer-reviewed sources establish that fossils are formed through processes like permineralization and mineral replacement, where minerals take the place of original organic material.

Evidence for · 6
Wood Petrifaction: A New View of Permineralization and Replacement
2017 · cited by 74
It discusses permineralization and replacement by inorganic materials during petrifaction.
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More for · 5
Experimental mineralization of crustacean eggs: new implications for the fossilization of Precambrian–Cambrian embryos
2012 · cited by 14
It demonstrates experimental mineralization and replacement in fossilization.
Double fossilization in eukaryotic microorganisms from Lower Cretaceous amber.
2009 · cited by 7
It mentions replacement and permineralization modes in microfossil preservation.
Wikipedia: Fossil
cited by 0
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Wikipedia: Permineralization
cited by 0
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Wikipedia: Florissant Formation
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Everything we examined (6)
  1. Wikipedia: Fossilreferencesupports
  2. Wikipedia: Permineralizationreferencesupports
  3. Wikipedia: Florissant Formationreferencesupports
  4. Wood Petrifaction: A New View of Permineralization and Replacementpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. Experimental mineralization of crustacean eggs: new implications for the fossilization of Precambrian–Cambrian embryospeer-reviewedsupports
  6. Double fossilization in eukaryotic microorganisms from Lower Cretaceous amber.peer-reviewedsupports
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8705 Aug 2026
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