Has the Scarlet Letter an alchemist symbolism, Pearl being the symbol of the philosopher’s stone?

Has the Scarlet Letter an alchemist symbolism, Pearl being the symbol of the philosopher's stone?
Has the Scarlet Letter an alchemist symbolism, Pearl being the symbol of the philosopher’s stone?

Pearl is certainly transformative, but Hawthorne does such a remarkable job imbuing the child with the liveliness of an unfettered child that imagining her as a stone is difficult. And yet… Hawthorne had friends who’d read widely in Hindu and Buddhist works, and might have been familiar with Chintamani, a wish-giving jewel sometimes referred to as a pearl.