Chrysopoeia
Sign in to savethumb|Ouroboros (representation of a serpent eating its own tail) with the words , '' ("the all is one") from the Chrysopoeia of [[Cleopatra the Alchemist'' in the 3rd or 4th century]]
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- nuclear transmutation
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- Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra
- time period
- Ancient Greece
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- alchemy
- product or material produced
- gold
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thumb|Ouroboros (representation of a serpent eating its own tail) with the words , '' ("the all is one") from the Chrysopoeia of [[Cleopatra the Alchemist in the 3rd or 4th century]]
In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia () refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged transmutation of base metals such as lead.
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