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==Nature== If an object is placed into such a well and left there for a period of weeks or months the object acquires a stony exterior. At one time this property was believed to be a result of [[magic (paranormal)|magic]] or [[witchcraft]], but it is an entirely natural phenomenon and due to a process of evaporation and deposition in waters with an unusually high [[mineral]] content. This process of petrifying is not to be confused with [[petrification]], wherein the constituent molecules of the original object are replaced (and not merely overlaid) with molecules of stone or mineral.
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