Ashes

Ashes appear when a fire burns out and are dropped by all kinds of Demons, Mummies, and Imps, or by picking the White lily. They look like mined clay except that they are white and clay in contrast, is tan. There are limited use in RuneScape. Tip for beginners, to make quick money, go to the Grand Exchange, people light fires the all the time, pick up those ashes and sell them at the min. 51gp. Specifically:

Uses

 * They are used for herblore.
 * They are used in the Prince Ali Rescue and Desert Treasure quests.
 * They are used to make Serum 207.
 * They can be crushed with a Pestle and mortar to make a ground ashes used to dust the character's hands. This helps when throwing a shotput in the Warriors' Guild for better grip.
 * They are used with a Fruit blast to make a Dirty blast for the first part of the Recipe for Disaster quest.
 * They are used as food for the Phoenix eggling and the Abyssal minion
 * Used with the Phoenix (Familiar) Scroll-Rise from the ashes, to activate it's special ability. (Have ash on the ground and use scroll on ash).
 * They can be used as a junk trade item.

Trivia

 * Because ashes are occasionally used to raise Herblore (by making Serum 207), players can make some profit by selling them on the Grand Exchange, some times for the max price available. They can be commonly collected just off the ground around the Grand Exchange or near the Draynor bank left over from players training their Firemaking.
 * Some players collect ashes at the Grand Exchange (there are many players burning logs), instead of buying and burning the logs themselves.
 * During the Draynor Bank Robbery, the victims dropped ashes when the Wise Old Man killed them.
 * On 7 August 2009, the price rose over 1200% overnight, the maximum ever of a item in one day due to market forces, from 3 coins to 342 coins. The price then dropped to 4 coins after less than one hour of the change.
 * A fake Abyssal whip can be obtained from an Abyssal minion which will turn to ash when equipped.
 * Ashes and logs have similar Grand Exchange prices.