Magnum opus
Also: Great Work
The 'great work' of an alchemist, often the long process imagined to yield the philosopher's stone. Texts do not agree on one recipe or sequence.
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Nicolas Flamel
A historical Parisian scribe later recast in legend as an alchemist. The legend is not evidence that he made the philosopher's stone.
Philosopher's stone
Also: Philosophers' stone
A sought-after material said to enable metallic transmutation and, in some accounts, other transformations. Its identity and preparation were deliberately obscured in many texts.