The Star Regulus

LITIn Newton's alchemy the "star regulus" was metallic antimony reduced from stibnite (Sb₂S₃), whose surface could crystallise into a radiating star; "the Net" was a purplish copper–antimony alloy with a net-like crystal surface. He copied George Starkey's Clavis (Keynes MS 18) and worked toward a "philosophical mercury", a specially prepared mercury meant to dissolve gold and make metals "vegetate" (per the Chymistry of Isaac Newton project, Indiana University, and W. R. Newman, Newton the Alchemist, 2019).

MODELA mezzotint plate. Particles wander and stick (diffusion-limited aggregation) with a six-fold bias: a star emerges from noise. Switch to the Net and copper is added: growth splits into a reticulated mesh. These are growth models, not a reconstruction of his furnace.

grow a star (antimony)grow the Net (Cu + Sb)clean plate

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