Yes.
To create gold.
This one of the things an alchemist may try to achieve.
They tried to turn lead into gold, and to create the philosopher's stone.
Alchemy is basically chemistry in order to create gold. It's not an existing form of chemistry anymore, but was highly sought before the 19th century.
Alchemy played virtually no role in the Gold Rushes which took place in the American continent. The majority of the Gold Rush took place after alchemy had been widely discredited, in favor of the more modern chemistry. In any case, the purpose of the Gold Rush was to find gold; whereas the goal of many alchemists was to create it, rather than dig it up.
Early experimenters with alchemy were able to create chemical compounds by trial and error.The Wizard used his alchemy to bring to back to health.
No. Gold and silver are elements- the most basic of all materials. No chemical can create gold. That would be alchemy, which does not exist.
Alchemy involved a combination of spiritual and mystical beliefs along with practical experimentation in an attempt to transform base metals into gold or discover the elixir of life. Unlike other sciences, alchemy was concerned with achieving these philosophical goals rather than strictly adhering to empirical observation and the scientific method.
"Alchemy", the act of turning other metals in to gold or creating a "Philosopher's Stone" that can provide eternal life, was never possible to begin with.
People who practiced alchemy wished to turn lead into gold.
Sun + Metal = Gold
Answer 1:part of alchemy was taking certain things and turning them into something else. e.g cooking.Answer 2:It is always real and will always be.the main true goals of alchemy were:1. "perfect" ordinary metals into their purest state: gold2. "perfect" humans into their purest state: everlasting life and/or eternal youth through the "elixer of life".3. (some other minor and less popular goals were to create a "universal solvent", a liquid which could dissolve any substance (including the container it was in), and to create homunculi, or artificial humans)thanks to alchemy, most of these can be preformed now or in the near future.but if you think about it, without alchemy, we wouldn't have human life. you have to learn to crawl before you learn to walk.(if you have any other goals of alchemy and/or more detailed explanations of the goals, please add to my answer, but don't delete it. thank you.)