2. To that end, it is working to build a press that can apply "compressive forces so great as to actually lithify mineral grains, turning loose sediment into stone, " according to its news release.
3. This rock contained chalcedonic cement before it underwent diagenesis, a process where low temperatures and low pressures alter the content of sediments before they finally lithify, or turn into rock.
4. This rock contained chalcedonic cement before it underwent diagenesis, a process where low temperatures and low pressures alter the content of sediments before they finally lithify, or turn into rock.