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  2. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Minecraft: An ancient fireproof alloy made from gold and netherite scraps, which are smelted from debris found in the Nether dimension. When combined with diamond equipment, the metal creates the game's strongest weapons and armor. [53] [54] Nth Metal DC Comics: A Thanagarian alloy used by Hawkman and Hawkwoman. [55]

  3. Category:Fictional metals - Wikipedia

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  4. Hierarchy of precious substances - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek mythic-cultural cosmology depicted a decline from a golden age to a silver age followed by an Iron Age. In some variants there is a Bronze Age, an interim between the Iron Age and Silver Age. In Japan, the traditional Sho Chiku Bai (松竹梅) ranking system has a hierarchy of pine 松 (matsu), bamboo 竹 (take), and plum 梅 (ume ...

  5. Adamant - Wikipedia

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    In those days, the qualities of hard metal (probably steel) were attributed to it, and adamant became an independent concept as a result. In the Middle Ages adamant also became confused with the magnetic rock lodestone , and a folk etymology connected it with the Latin adamare , 'to love or be attached to'. [ 1 ]

  6. Warden (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Warden (software), a video game cheating prevention system used by Blizzard Entertainment; Warden or Wardon Abbey, a Cistercian abbey in Bedfordshire, England; Warden Energy Centre, a power station on Warden Avenue, Markham, Ontario, Canada; Warden pear, any of a number of pear varieties that do not truly ripen and must be cooked to be edible

  7. Bob Gunton - Wikipedia

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    Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus ...

  8. Mithril - Wikipedia

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    Mithril is a fictional metal found in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. It is described as resembling silver, but being stronger and lighter than steel.It was used to make armour, such as the helmets of the citadel guard of Minas Tirith, and ithildin alloy, used to decorate gateways with writing visible only by starlight or moonlight.

  9. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The metals of antiquity are the seven metals which humans had identified and found use for in prehistoric times in Africa, Europe and throughout Asia: [1] gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury. Zinc, arsenic, and antimony were also known during antiquity, but they were not recognised as distinct metals until later.