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6. What replaces the fossil material in silicification?

  • Carbon
  • Silica Dioxide
  • Iron Pyrite
  • Sulfur

7. in replacement what does unstable aragonite change to?

  • Carbon
  • silica
  • Calcite
  • it doesn't change

8. What causes carbonisation?

  • thin burial
  • little carbon in environment
  • compaction
  • metamorphism