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The Ring stayed afloat longer because it has a much higher melting point
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Or, maybe the lava had a high enough surface tension to support the Ring for a given time, until it started to melt...etc. etc. Perhaps, as the outer surface of the Ring began to reach its melting point, it expanded, forming a sort of temporary platform on which the rest of the Ring then rested. 
Cheers!
Lyta
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“…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”
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