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Originally Posted by antoniseb
I have the impression that it was started long before Geber. Do you have any source saying *he* started it?
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http://www.crystalinks.com/geber.html
"Thus, Jabir theorised, by rearranging the qualities of one metal, based on their sulfur/mercury content, a different metal would result. (Burckhardt, p. 29) This theory appears to have originated the search for al-iksir, the elusive elixir that would make this transformation possible - which in European alchemy became known as the philosopher's stone."