But fossils fail to inform us of the nature of our ancient antecedents because they have been transformed into stones that give us only a minuscule, often misleading impression of their former essences and thus are largely irrelevant to modern biology's experimentations with living organisms.
As a result, every new brick laid in Israeli settlements is transformed into a stone of Palestinian defiance.
In our lab experiments, 76 wt.% water-quenched slag was re-melted at 1400 °C for 0.5 h (thus simulating liquid slag from phosphorus-smelting electric furnace), and then mixed with 18 wt.% quartz powder and 6 wt.% calcined kaolinitic clay, and subsequently melted together at 1450 °C for 1 h into modified liquid slag which was cast, heat-treated, annealed and transformed into cast stone.
He meets the high priestess of the Sisterhood, who is revealed to be transforming into a stone creature.
Noelle Kayser inserted one of her legs in a drainpipe that ran through a concrete mosaic sculpture, and then she froze as if transforming into a stone statue herself.
Upon absorbing the power of all five Intoners, Zero transforms into a stone monster and goes with Mikhail to another realm, where they engage in a rhythm game-style battle.
Stone, transformed into an altar, has been used either to support or to seat the image or symbol of the deity or to receive sacrifices, burnt offerings, plant offerings, or aromatic perfumes.
Medusa's blood gives birth to a winged horse, Pegasus – the heaviness of stone is transformed into its opposite.
Christopher Paolini, who has never been to school, was only 15 when he wrote his fantasy novel "Eragon," about a boy who finds a magic stone that is transformed into a dragon and then sets out to avenge the death of his uncle and to defeat an evil king.
Marrying an elegant, modern aesthetic with recycled materials and responsibly sourced stones that are transformed into organically urbane pieces by the designer and her team of artisans--and manufactured in a way that is friendly to both the earth and its inhabitants--Melissa Joy Manning is the rare brand that produces a luxury, heirloom-quality collection using ethical, Green Certified practices".
