petrifact

English

Etymology

From Latin petra (“stone”) + (arte)fact.

Noun

petrifact (plural petrifacts)

1. An object made of stone, especially one formed from petrifaction.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 132:

     The whole scene was littered with petrifacts of different sizes and kinds, enormous trees, weighing tons, bared of their branches, overthrown and turned to stone.

   • 2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4:

     Her long hair, whiter than snow at normal times, had been combed out neatly and tied at the back. Illuminated by the sunlight, it was no longer like snow—but a petrifact, a diamond.