They were throwing stones at each other. Combined with the thunderstorm that was going on at the same time, the party was in a really bad situation and had to take shelter in the cave.
The stone-giants were playing a game of toss and catch with rocks.
Throwing rocks.
They threw boulders at each other and caught them, as a form of play.
They turn to stone.
The morning sunlight is what caused them to turn to stone.
The stone-giants were playing a game of toss and catch with rocks.
Throwing rocks.
They threw boulders at each other and caught them, as a form of play.
Throwing Rocks...
Throwing Rocks...
They turn to stone.
The morning sunlight is what caused them to turn to stone.
The Arkenstone
The trolls turn into stone. They were arguing and forgot that the sun was coming up soon.
Huge creatures that evolved from stone in the mountains. When they are exposed to sunlight, they turn back to stone. They are not nice.
Bilbo found the stone of Thorin in the heart of the mountain they were in because of Smaug and gave it to the elves i think.
The eagles took Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves to the Carrock, "a great rock, almost a hill of stone, like a last outpost of the distant mountains, or a huge piece cast miles into the plain by some giant among giants" (The Hobbit, Chapter VII).