The elder exploser bent to point out structural features to the boy, using hand motions that made Sara think of tumbling chunks of ancient granite.

Tattered tap- estries hung on the ancient granite.

In the mid Paleozoic era (between 360 and 290 mya), an initial substratum of ancient granites and sediments started bending and metamorphizing, forming gneiss.

"Report," Donatra said, her throat feeling as rough as ancient granite as she pushed herself up into a sitting position.

The vault to which I refer is of ancient granite, weathered and discolored by the mists and dampness of generations.

It is thought that the hard ancient granite faces gracing Mount Rushmore will wear down at a rate of just one inch in every 10,000 years.

These ancient granites can be seen on the North Shore today.

The ancient granite had faulted on lines that were steplike, and as they had both intuited, the climb was an easy one.

Then a rending shriek shivered the Watch, and the ancient granite twisted to splin ters like torn kindling.

In the Middle Paleozoic (360 to 290 mya (unit)), an initial substrate of ancient granites and sediments began to fold and metamorphose, creating the gneisses.