silicificationn.
/sɪˌlɪsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ The process of becoming silicified; conversion into silica.
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1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 214 In some places where silicification is in progress, the sources from whence the mineral matter is derived are as yet unknown.
1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 444/1 The act of petrification being the act of silicification and consequent change of the organic body.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 510 The old wood of plants which are characterised by extensive silicification of almost all their parts.
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