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Alchemy

96 symbols. Each is drawn from the character Unicode encodes for it; the name, aliases and notes under it are Unicode's own, and the links go to what this study says about the thing it stands for. Where each part comes from.

Elements 5

  • Quintessence

    U+1F700 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR QUINTESSENCE

  • Air

    U+1F701 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AIR

  • Fire

    U+1F702 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR FIRE

  • Earth

    U+1F703 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR EARTH

  • Water

    U+1F704 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR WATER

The seven metals 7

Ores and minerals 31

  • Mercury sublimate

    U+1F710 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR MERCURY SUBLIMATE

    Also written

  • Cinnabar

    U+1F713 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CINNABAR

  • Iron ore

    U+1F71C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR IRON ORE

    Also written

  • Crocus of iron

    U+1F71E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CROCUS OF IRON

    Unicode also: “crocus martis, red or yellow calcined powder of iron”

  • Regulus of iron

    U+1F71F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS OF IRON

    Unicode also: “regulus martis, scoria from refining stibnite/antimony with iron”

  • Copper ore

    U+1F720 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR COPPER ORE

  • Iron-copper ore

    U+1F721 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR IRON-COPPER ORE

  • Sublimate of copper

    U+1F722 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATE OF COPPER

  • Crocus of copper

    U+1F723 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CROCUS OF COPPER

    Also written

    Unicode also: “crocus veneris, aes ustum”

  • Copper antimoniate

    U+1F725 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR COPPER ANTIMONIATE

    Unicode also: “crocus of copper, crocus veneris, lapis haematites”

  • Salt of copper antimoniate

    U+1F726 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF COPPER ANTIMONIATE

  • Sublimate of salt of copper

    U+1F727 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATE OF SALT OF COPPER

  • Verdigris

    U+1F728 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VERDIGRIS

    Unicode also: “aes viride, copper subacetate”; “astronomical symbol for earth”

  • Tin ore

    U+1F729 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TIN ORE

  • Lead ore

    U+1F72A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR LEAD ORE

  • Antimony ore

    U+1F72B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ANTIMONY ORE

    Unicode also: “stibnite”

  • Sublimate of antimony

    U+1F72C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATE OF ANTIMONY

  • Salt of antimony

    U+1F72D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT OF ANTIMONY

    Unicode also: “cinnabar”

  • Sublimate of salt of antimony

    U+1F72E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATE OF SALT OF ANTIMONY

  • Vinegar of antimony

    U+1F72F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VINEGAR OF ANTIMONY

  • Regulus of antimony

    U+1F730 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS OF ANTIMONY

    Also written

    Unicode also: “antimony metal”

  • Regulus

    U+1F732 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REGULUS

    Also written

  • Marcasite

    U+1F738 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR MARCASITE

    Unicode also: “iron pyrite, iron sulfide”

  • Arsenic

    U+1F73A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ARSENIC

  • Realgar

    U+1F73B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR REALGAR

    Also written

    Unicode also: “arsenic sulfide”

  • Auripigment

    U+1F73D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AURIPIGMENT

    Unicode also: “orpiment”; “arsenic trisulfide”

  • Bismuth ore

    U+1F73E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BISMUTH ORE

    Unicode also: “tinglass”

  • Calx

    U+1F74C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CALX

    Unicode also: “calcinare”; “oxide residue, calcium oxide”

  • Tutty

    U+1F74D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TUTTY

    Unicode also: “tutia, crude zinc oxide sublimate”; “aes viride”

  • Lodestone

    U+1F753 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR LODESTONE

    Unicode also: “magnes”

  • Amalgam

    U+1F75B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AMALGAM

Substances 31

  • Aquafortis

    U+1F705 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUAFORTIS

  • Aqua regia

    U+1F706 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA REGIA

    Also written

  • Aqua vitae

    U+1F708 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR AQUA VITAE

    Also written

    Unicode also: “spiritus vini”

  • Vinegar

    U+1F70A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VINEGAR

    Also written

    Unicode also: “crucible; acid; distill; atrament; vitriol; red sulfur; borax; wine; alkali salt; mercurius vivus, quick silver”

  • Sulfur

    U+1F70D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SULFUR

    Unicode also: “brimstone”

  • Philosophers sulfur

    U+1F70E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PHILOSOPHERS SULFUR

  • Black sulfur

    U+1F70F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BLACK SULFUR

    Unicode also: “sulfur nigra, dye”

  • Salt

    U+1F714 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SALT

  • Nitre

    U+1F715 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR NITRE

  • Vitriol

    U+1F716 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VITRIOL

    Also written

  • Rock salt

    U+1F718 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ROCK SALT

    Also written

    Unicode also: “sal gemmae”

  • Alkali

    U+1F736 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALKALI

    Also written

    Unicode also: “sal alkali”

  • Sal-ammoniac

    U+1F739 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SAL-AMMONIAC

    Unicode also: “ammonium chloride”

  • Tartar

    U+1F73F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TARTAR

    Also written

    Unicode also: “impure potassium tartrate”

  • Quick lime

    U+1F741 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR QUICK LIME

    Unicode also: “calx viva”; “calcium oxide”

  • Borax

    U+1F742 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BORAX

    Also written

  • Alum

    U+1F745 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALUM

  • Oil

    U+1F746 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR OIL

  • Spirit

    U+1F747 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SPIRIT

  • Tincture

    U+1F748 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TINCTURE

  • Gum

    U+1F749 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR GUM

  • Wax

    U+1F74A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR WAX

    Unicode also: “cera”

  • Powder

    U+1F74B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POWDER

    Unicode also: “pulvis”

  • Caput mortuum

    U+1F74E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CAPUT MORTUUM

    Unicode also: “worthless residue of sublimation or distillation”

  • Soap

    U+1F754 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SOAP

  • Urine

    U+1F755 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR URINE

  • Horse dung

    U+1F756 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR HORSE DUNG

    Unicode also: “fimus equinus”

  • Ashes

    U+1F757 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ASHES

    Unicode also: “cineres”

  • Pot ashes

    U+1F758 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POT ASHES

    Unicode also: “cineres clavellati, alumen”

  • Brick

    U+1F759 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BRICK

  • Powdered brick

    U+1F75A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR POWDERED BRICK

    Unicode also: “later cibratus, farina laterum”

Operations 7

  • Stratum super stratum

    U+1F75C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR STRATUM SUPER STRATUM

    Also written

  • Sublimation

    U+1F75E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SUBLIMATION

  • Precipitate

    U+1F75F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PRECIPITATE

  • Distill

    U+1F760 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DISTILL

    Unicode also: “sublimate”

  • Dissolve

    U+1F761 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DISSOLVE

    Also written

  • Purify

    U+1F763 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PURIFY

  • Putrefaction

    U+1F764 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR PUTREFACTION

Apparatus 5

  • Crucible

    U+1F765 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CRUCIBLE

    Also written

    Unicode also: “tigellum”

  • Alembic

    U+1F76A ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR ALEMBIC

  • Bath of Mary

    U+1F76B ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BATH OF MARY

    Unicode also: “balneum mariae”

  • Bath of vapours

    U+1F76C ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR BATH OF VAPOURS

    Unicode also: “balneum vaporis”

  • Retort

    U+1F76D ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR RETORT

Emblems 4

  • Scepter of Jove

    U+1F74F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR SCEPTER OF JOVE

  • Caduceus

    U+1F750 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CADUCEUS

  • Trident

    U+1F751 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR TRIDENT

  • Starred trident

    U+1F752 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR STARRED TRIDENT

Times and measures 6

  • Hour

    U+1F76E ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR HOUR

  • Night

    U+1F76F ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR NIGHT

  • Day-night

    U+1F770 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR DAY-NIGHT

  • Month

    U+1F771 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR MONTH

    Unicode also: “mensis”

  • Half dram

    U+1F772 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR HALF DRAM

    Unicode also: “drachma semis”; handwritten ligature of 0292 + 00DF, typically spelled out as ʒss

  • Half ounce

    U+1F773 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR HALF OUNCE

    Unicode also: “uncia semis”; handwritten ligature of 2125 + 00DF, typically spelled out as 2125 ss