Wednesday, January 5, 2011

TRIVIA BITS … PHILOSOPHER’S STONE

 

The philosopher’s stone, one of the medieval and mythical concepts used by J. K. Rowling in the Harry Potter books, was central to both Islamic and European alchemy. It was thought that this material, if it could be found, would act as an intermediary in the transmutation of base metal into gold.

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