Other Palantiri?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by zxcvbn

I have a theory on why the Elves of Rivendell and Lorien(if they had Palantiri) never made contact with the Orthanc and Ithil Stones. The Palantiri of Numenor were 'configured' solely for the Numenoreans' use and were used for administering their large kingdoms. Maybe they could only communicate with other Numenorean Palantiri. Other Palantiri like those of Rivendell and Lorien(provided they existed) would not be configured to communicate with Numenorean palantiri and therefore could not be used to, say, contact Orthanc.

It would be interesting, but then, why didn't Elrond or Galadriel use these Palantíri - well, in that it would have been mentioned? (as it was said before) Besides that, I believe the Ithil-stone was so strong that all the Palantíri were drawn to it. Also, I just read the chapter "The Palantír". It was obviously after a loong time, if ever, when Gandalf encountered such a thing. Would Elrond have his Palantír hidden from Gandalf? And Galadriel? Why? These things would come handy to the Council. And Saruman would have known. Definitely. There is no way he couldn't. At minimum, he would have known that there were such things and that they still existed and were placed somewhere.

If there were any Palantíri among the Elves, I would expect them to be with Círdan at maximum, but why - when - would they be transported to Rivendell? By the time Elrond settled down there, it was supposed to be a remote "war camp", so to say.

Galadriel had her Mirror. What would she do with the Palantír? Or, where was the Palantír when she was looking into the Mirror?