Secrets of Alchemy
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Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone
The philosopher's stone was thought to be a sort of ruby red material that was fusible in the heat. And you added a molten metal and it would instantaneously transmute into gold or silver. Many people also thought that it was a panacea. It could also cure the human body of any sort of illness.
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