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Most alchemists were generally searching for an object called the Philosophers' Stone. It was reputed to be able to transmute (Change) one element in to another. Usually common metals, such as iron and lead in to what was called "noble metals", such as gold and silver.

They were also searching for the elixir of longevity, which was a supposed panacea. Able to cure any ailment, it made whoever consumed it virtually immortal.

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