Literary references, etc.

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No: HPFGUIDX 32543

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Chelsea2162 at a... wrote:
> hermine turned into stone? Ah, i think I must go read the book 
again!
> 
> *Chelsea (slightly confused, but smiley as ever)

Well, the literal meaning of 'petrified' is 'turned to stone', as for 
example petrified wood, which is wood which has had all of the 
organic matter replaced by silica (stone).

William