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Notice in all photos the sacaroid texture due to recrystallization and silicification, and the cross-cutting relationship with the rhythmites.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 21, 2013

“Grass leaf silicification: natural selection for an inducible defense against herbivores.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2010

Sure enough, there is the tree, and a marvellously fine specimen of silicification it is, too.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison

Origin of granular or saccharoidal marble, silicification of schist into ribbon jasper.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

The chemistry of the process of petrifaction or silicification," writes Doctor George P. Merrill, Curator of Geology in the National Museum, "is not quite clear.

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling