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burrahobbit · 08-03-2000, 01:19 AM

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Re: What was the Arkenstone?

First I would like to comment on the size issue. Wile something the size of a hand might be uncomfortable to wear, you have to remember that Bilbo was a small hobbit, whil Feanor was a tall elf, so something the size of Bilbos hand could easily have been worn by Feanor. And as to the distance to Erebor, I have two ideas about that. The first comes from a line in the Silmarillion, "departng unfought they [Maglor and Maedhros] fled far away." While it does not say how far or in which direction, we know that Erebor is indeed quite far. The second comes from what I know about the way that minerals are recycled in the earth. I'll try to explain this the best that I can. The center of the Earth is hot and rocks near it are melted, pressure in this mixture of melted rocks pushes the magma (lava that is still underground) up through the Earth's crust. As the magma gets close to the surface it pushes up the crust to form a mountain (volcano), the place where the magma comes out as lava is the vent. Maedhros jumped into a vent and as the silmarils can not be harmed by anything in arda the one that he carried was not harmed. It sloshed around in the Earth for a while until it was pushed up when Erebor was formed and there it stayed until it was found by dwarves. Correct me if I have anything wrong, and tell me if you don't understand anything, I'll try to make it clear. It's late and I dont know how much sense I'm making.

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08-03-2000, 01:19 AM	#3
burrahobbit Hidden Spirit Join Date: May 2000 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,424	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: What was the Arkenstone? First I would like to comment on the size issue. Wile something the size of a hand might be uncomfortable to wear, you have to remember that Bilbo was a small hobbit, whil Feanor was a tall elf, so something the size of Bilbos hand could easily have been worn by Feanor. And as to the distance to Erebor, I have two ideas about that. The first comes from a line in the Silmarillion, "departng unfought they [Maglor and Maedhros] fled far away." While it does not say how far or in which direction, we know that Erebor is indeed quite far. The second comes from what I know about the way that minerals are recycled in the earth. I'll try to explain this the best that I can. The center of the Earth is hot and rocks near it are melted, pressure in this mixture of melted rocks pushes the magma (lava that is still underground) up through the Earth's crust. As the magma gets close to the surface it pushes up the crust to form a mountain (volcano), the place where the magma comes out as lava is the vent. Maedhros jumped into a vent and as the silmarils can not be harmed by anything in arda the one that he carried was not harmed. It sloshed around in the Earth for a while until it was pushed up when Erebor was formed and there it stayed until it was found by dwarves. Correct me if I have anything wrong, and tell me if you don't understand anything, I'll try to make it clear. It's late and I dont know how much sense I'm making. What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?</p> __________________ What's a burrahobbit got to do with my pocket, anyways?