[Marileangorifurnimaluim]

Coal it is, Zif. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I think they shone subtly, glistening like stars. Unlike gems, which sparkle only as they are moved, the inner cool light of these stones flickers even as your hand holds them steady, mesmerizing, sparkling and shimmering, ever-changing in seemingly limitless variation.

Ordinary gems only reflect the ambient light, and it is only one type at a time. But the Silmarils inner light shifts and changes: Now a brilliant blaze like sunshine rippling on the water, now a soft blending of light and shadow, showing angles and facets. The closer one looks, th more one sees.. color of every hue and season, some unnamed..