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#FrozenFossils are also known as Original Material Fossils because none of the hard or soft tissues are altered or replaced. The organism is preserved in its original form.

Mineralized fossils:
Most hard parts of organisms like bones, teeth, and shells have small gaps within them. These gaps can be filled with cells, tissues, blood vessels, or air. When the organism dies, and the soft elements inside the hard parts start to decay, the tiny gaps become empty. If the hard part gets buried, groundwater seeps in and deposits minerals in the gaps.

Mineralized remains are fossils with minerals from groundwater filling the voids inside. They can be petrified or turned into stone. Minerals replace the original tissue or bone in animals or wood in the case of plants to form a piece of petrified wood or a mineralized bone fossil.
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