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essence of gold* Our Fire Stone tinges 

 silver into gold, and also perfects tin 

 and lead, but does not transmute iron 

 and copper, nor does it impart to them 

 more than can be obtained from them 

 by separation. One part of this tincture 

 has no power to transmute more than 

 five parts of any imperfect metal. The 

 great Philosopher's Stone, on the other 

 hand, has infinite power of transmuta- 

 tion. Yet the precious metal produced 

 by the Fire Stone is pure and solid gold. 



The ore from which this tincture is ^ 

 prepared, is, as I have already stated, 

 the earth of Antimony. In the mean- 

 time, let the reader observe that there 

 are many kinds of stones, which tinge 

 in a particular way. All fixed powders 

 that have the power of tinging, I call 

 Stones. The first and foremost of 

 all Stones is the Philosopher's Stone ; 

 then comes the Tincture of the Sun 

 and Moon in the white ; then the 



* As far as the heaven is from the earth, so far is the 

 true Philosopher's Stone from this Fire Stone. I confess 

 that though I have found the Fire Stone, I have yet much 

 to learn concerning the more potent tincture. 



