2006-10-24 22:05:56 · 6 answers · asked by razor 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I wish it did.
Same with elves, hobbits, trolls, gnomes, ogres, chimaeras, dwarves, sorcerors, mages, time travel, replicators, holosuits, and teleportation.
Damn..
reality blows.
2006-10-24 22:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by ModerndayMadman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mithril is a fictional metal from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe. It is precious and silvery, stronger than steel but much lighter in weight. It first appears in The Hobbit, where it is also called "silver-steel". Its properties were developed in The Lord of the Rings.
In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes that mithril was found only in Khazad-dûm (Moria), where it was mined by the Dwarves. However, in Unfinished Tales he writes that it was also found in Númenor.
The name mithril comes from two words in Sindarin — mith, meaning "grey", and ril meaning "glitter". The metal's Quenya name is mistarille. Mithril was also called "true-silver" or "Moria-silver"; the Dwarves had their own secret name for it.
The wizard Gandalf explained mithril to the Company, passing through Khazad-dûm:
"The wealth of Moria was not in gold and jewels, the toys of the Dwarves; nor in iron, their servant... Its worth was ten times that of gold, and now it is beyond price; for little is left above ground, and even the Orcs dare not delve here for it.
"Mithril! All folk desired it. It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim." (The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark").
2006-10-25 05:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but the hardness that ascribe to Mithril could be aproached by, say, Tunsten carbide steel alloys. It would be a bit heavier, though.
2006-10-25 05:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. it has characteristics of several metals but doesn't fit any exactly. It sounds like kind of a cross between aluminum, titanium and platinum.
2006-10-25 05:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by Kuji 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does adimantium exist? UH NO! It would be cool though.
2006-10-25 05:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by Kindness, people 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh
2006-10-25 05:07:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋