A chrononaut exploring a simulation governed strictly by John Dalton's original atomic framework encounters a guild of artisans attempting to manipulate elemental substances. The artisans claim to have broken a single sulfur particle into smaller pieces and transformed elemental lead particles into gold using high temperatures. According to Dalton's atomic model, which fundamental postulate directly contradicts the artisans' claims?

A) Atoms consist of diffuse clouds of positive charge embedded with mobile negative corpuscles.

B) Atoms contain differing quantities of neutral subatomic particles that allow their masses to shift.

C) Atoms are indivisible, indestructible building blocks of fixed identity that cannot be split or converted into other elements.

D) Atoms possess quantized planetary orbits that absorb or release discrete packets of energy when heated.

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