Petrifaction may also involve a simultaneous exchange of the original substance of a dead plant or animal with mineralmatter of a different composition.
石化还可能同时涉及将死亡的动植物的原有物质与不同成分的矿物质进行交换的作用。
2
Mineralmatter in a vein exclusive of the ore; gangue.
排除矿石，矿脉专有的矿物质；脉石。
3
Each drop of water contains a tiny bit of dissolved lime or other mineralmatter.