...of the Sun, Moon, and stars, and thus it brings forth grass, flowers, and similar things; for Nature does not idle for even a single moment of time. Metals, however, are produced in this way: the earth is purified through a long process of distillation, and afterwards, by the arrival of fatness fatness: (Latin: pinguedo) the sulfurous, oily principle believed to provide the material "body" of minerals. they are generated. They do not arise in any other way, despite the vain opinion of some who incorrectly interpret the writings of the Philosophers original: Philosophorum. This refers to alchemical authorities like Hermes Trismegistus or Geber whose works were often debated..

ON THE GENERATION

OF STONES OF EVERY

The material of stone is the same as that of other things, and they are born according to the purity of their locations in this manner. When the four Elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, the building blocks of all matter in the Aristotelian tradition. drip their vapor into the center of the earth, and the Archaeus of Nature Archaeus: (from the Greek archē, meaning 'origin') an internal vital force or "invisible craftsman" believed to direct the biological and chemical processes within nature. ejects and sublimates that same vapor, it passes through the various places and pores of the earth. As it moves, it draws with it all the impurity of the earth up to the surface; this is later congealed by the air. For that which the air creates pure, the air also congeals.