Mithril

It was of silver-steel which the elves call mithril, and with it went a belt of pearls and crystals. ❋ Tolkien, J. R. R. (1938)

Greedy dwarves, who explore the depths of Middle-earth in search of gold and mithril, insist on fair pay for dangerous work, but their avarice and willingness to renegotiate contracts at the edge of a battle-axe don't make them reliable union members. ❋ Michael D.C. Drout (2010)

There are shrines and rituals to tend to, and the strange occurrances at the mithril mine need attention. ❋ Nathreee (2010)

A series of loosely connected essays cover such topics as dragons, the biology and culture of Orcs, drowned continents, Elvish longevity, mithril, giant elephants and giant spiders. ❋ Carla (2009)

Exotic materials such as yttrium silver (a metallic compound that manages to be both ductile and strong at the same time) and lithium niobate (which does all manner of weird things to light) are fascinating regardless of whether they might be some sort of real-world equivalents of mithril or the palantirs. ❋ Carla (2009)

There are 37 coal rocks and 5 mithril rocks in the mine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One thing about LOTR is that the “currency” is gold and gems and mithril. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was wen tryin tu find moar mithril dat teh dwarves disturbed teh Balrog hoo murderified lawts of dem an kaused teh mining tu bii abandoned. … hows dat? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, go buy a mithril pickaxe from Nurmof with the runescape money you've earned and use it to mine iron rocks in the southern portion of the Falador mine (low level miners mine here). ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can continue to mine coal or runescape gold, but you can also mine mithril rocks that sell for 400 each on the forums. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I could wear a mithril chain mail push up brassier and have that kind of cleavage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wondered if this was crossover fanfic: Caprica, mithril, feudalism. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

Real working class people, with their unreconstructed views, could be a little embarrassing (too like the parents?) - although an NUM donkey jacket from Saltley had all the status of Bilbo's mithril coat. ❋ Laban (2004)

Fabricating the Weapons and Armor of The Lord of the Rings (including an aside on mithril). ❋ Ray Girvan (2003)

If it costs 2 bars of truesilver, a star ruby and a mithril tube to produce a sniper scope, then we shouldn't be counting the value of the materials and the scope in our calculations, I think we should only be including the value of the scope. ❋ Unknown (2005)