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A Living Forest Turned to Stone in One Season – Can That Be Real?

Suhail Ahmed

The claim is irresistible: a lush woodland petrified between spring and fall, branches frozen mid-sway, leaves translated into mineral lace. It sounds like folklore, or a special effect from a disaster film, yet the science behind rapid “stone-making” in nature is far more nuanced – and far more interesting. Under the right conditions, parts of ...