The petrified wood from the No. 2 coal seam of Permian Shanxi Formation in Wutongzhuang Mine, Handan area, was studied by using optical microscope, X-ray fluorescence spectrum (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analyzers for its mineralogy, major and trace elements, respectively. The result shows that, (1) the petrified wood is mainly composed of telinite and chalcedony, with an amount of epigenetic calcite micro-vein; (2)Comparing to the upper continental crust, the fossil is relatively rich in Sr, Zr, Nb, Mo and Cd, and lack in Li、Rb、Cs、Co、La、Ce、Pr、Tl、Bi and Th, and its characteristic elemental pairs have an obvious differentiation; normalized to chondrite, the rare earth elements(REE)pattern is a convex curve without Ce anomaly and with a moderately negative Eu anomaly, which suggests that the REE is mainly determined by the silicification closely associated with the low-temperature hydrothermal activity during the Permian coalification.