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What material was the One Ring made of?
Is there any detail in Tolkien's work indicating what the One Ring was made of?
Mithril?
Platinum?
Gold?
Some other magical material?
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What real-world substance most closely corresponds to mithril? [closed]
While reading descriptions of mithril in The Lord of the Rings, it struck me that its properties might well correspond to a real material, possibly as an alloy with other metals. Is there such a real-...
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