From different religions and cultures:
creation of life from clay.
clay = sand(soil) + water
Silicon ↔ Carbon
fossilized wood
wood turned into rock/stone
Golem, Medusa...
Soil Earth Humus Salt
Is salt a kind of crystal?
Crysalt?
Cinder, Ash The Horror in Clay
- Call of Cthulhu
Rock → Sand
courtesy of magic mushrooms