Calcination
Strong heating that leaves a powdery residue or changes a material's properties. An alchemical operation, not a universal spiritual stage.
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Chrysopoeia
The making of gold: a traditional name for the gold-making ambition within alchemy.
Chymistry
An early modern name for practices that combined what later became chemistry with alchemical theories, medicine, metallurgy and craft.
Citrinitas
The yellowing named in some four-color alchemical schemes; many other accounts use different stages or images.
Coagulation
Thickening or solidifying a material; one of the operations named in alchemical accounts of transformation.
Crucible
A heat-resistant vessel for melting, heating or reacting materials at high temperatures.