On the elven ring stones - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Legate of Amon Lanc · 09-25-2007, 06:55 AM

I think they were "ordinary" stones, except probably that they'd surely be prized just as stones. I'm not an expert in these things, but I mean that they would have been probably valued gems among the goldsmiths&co., like in our world there are some prized exemplars of diamonds and whatever (though the only example I can think of now is the Pink Panter

). But aside from that, these stones, I am quite sure, had nothing special on them, at least not any "powers" or similar things.

However, what exactly they were I'm not quite sure - Galadriel's Ring had surely diamond in it, but it would be interesting if anyone could bring any evidence of what the other two stones could have been (though sapphire and ruby are the most typical choices, Alfirin is right to say "presumably", as we don't know for sure).

09-25-2007, 06:55 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I think they were "ordinary" stones, except probably that they'd surely be prized just as stones. I'm not an expert in these things, but I mean that they would have been probably valued gems among the goldsmiths&co., like in our world there are some prized exemplars of diamonds and whatever (though the only example I can think of now is the Pink Panter ). But aside from that, these stones, I am quite sure, had nothing special on them, at least not any "powers" or similar things. However, what exactly they were I'm not quite sure - Galadriel's Ring had surely diamond in it, but it would be interesting if anyone could bring any evidence of what the other two stones could have been (though sapphire and ruby are the most typical choices, Alfirin is right to say "presumably", as we don't know for sure). __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories