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Wood, stone and mineral coal

lignum; lapidem; lapidei Carbones; Salis Gemmae

The final nonmetallic catalogue claims that wood can become stone in a rock-salt preparation and that stones become stone coals through Etnean fire.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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The final nonmetallic catalogue claims that wood can become stone in a rock-salt preparation and that stones become stone coals through Etnean fire. These examples link the broad definition of transmutation to changes among familiar solids. They are the speaker’s reported experiences, not independent verification of the mechanisms or a reason to equate every coal with ordinary wood charcoal.

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  1. Book 7 · Transmutations · Passage 27Latin“lapidei Carbones”