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The word adamant is the basis for fictional materials such as Adamantium and Adamantite (see below), Adamantle in The Sims, and Adiamante in L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s 1996 novel of the same name. Adamantite: Various A metal ore in many fictional universes.
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Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2.This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation.
Adamantine may refer to: Adamant or adamantine, a generic name for a very hard material; Adamantine (veneer), a patented celluloid veneer; Adamantine lustre, a property of some minerals; Adamantine spar, a mineral; Adamantine, a 2018 album by Burgerkill "Adamantine", a 1996 song by Thirty Ought Six, released as Mute Records 196
Adamantine minerals possess a superlative [clarification needed] lustre, which is most notably seen in diamond. [1] Such minerals are transparent or translucent, and have a high refractive index (of 1.9 or more). [2] Minerals with a true adamantine lustre are uncommon, with examples including cerussite, zircon, and cubic zirconia. [2]
Adamant and the literary form adamantine occur in works such as The Faerie Queene, Paradise Lost, Gulliver's Travels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Lord of the Rings, [4] and the film Forbidden Planet (as "adamantine steel"). All these uses predate the use of adamantium in Marvel's comics. [4]
In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, adamant or adamantine is mentioned eight times. First in Book 1, Satan is hurled "to bottomless perdition, there to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire" (lines 47–48). Three times in Book 2 the gates of hell are described as being made of adamantine (lines 436, 646 and 853).
Cuprite is an oxide mineral composed of copper(I) oxide Cu 2 O, and is a minor ore of copper. [5]Cuprite from Tsumeb Mine (size:2.3 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm. Its dark crystals with red internal reflections are in the isometric system hexoctahedral class, appearing as cubic, octahedral, or dodecahedral forms, or in combinations.