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Western alchemy makes use of the four classical elements. The symbols used for these are: Air 🜁 Earth 🜃 Fire 🜂 Water 🜄

Lead, corresponding with Saturn ♄]

Tin, corresponding with Jupiter ♃

Iron, corresponding with Mars ♂

Gold, corresponding with the Sun ☉ 🜚 ☼

Copper, corresponding with Venus ♀

Quicksilver, corresponding with Mercury ☿

Silver, corresponding with the Moon ☽ or ☾

Acid (incl. vinegar) 🜊

Sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) 🜹

Aqua fortis (nitric acid) 🜅

Aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid) 🜆

Spirit of wine (concentrated ethanol; called aqua vitae or spiritus vini) 🜈

Amalgam (alloys of a metal and mercury) 🝛

Cinnabar (mercury sulfide) 🜓

Vinegar (distilled) 🜋

Vitriol (sulfates) 🜖

Black sulphur (residue from sublimation of sulfur) 🜏