Talk:Adventurer/@comment-25712820-20161031203614/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170201151019

Additionally, Silver, Gold and Platinium are not verry different in their chemical compositions. It would not surprise me if there were alchemists in the new world who can operate subtle modification of properties in minerals.

Furthermore, traditionally, Alchemists saw lesser minerals such as lead as a form of illness of the Earth, Tellus Mater, and as such they sought to heal it by transforming lead in nobler forms... when you use fire to melt gold, it stays gold, but lead become quicksilver, vif-argent, it shines brightly and it's lovely, but it soon perish, it burns and is soon destroyed. Therefore, they considered Gold both as a Solar symbol and a symbol of Immortality. And the object that would allow them to reach the great goal of Alchemy, the Stone of Philosophers, Lapis Philosophorum, would then enable the alchemist to heal both the metals, the Earth and themselves, granting Immortality through regeneration.

By the way, the idea of platinium being more precious than silver is quite modern. When it was discovered first by the spaniards, they saw it as a petty silver that was unworthy of being exploited. So, it was probably introduced as a precious ore by the 6 Great Gods or other Players.