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[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Originally Posted by the phantom

Speak for yourself, Fea- I'm absolutely terrifying when I play Werewolf.

Hush up, love, you know you're just a pup. A sheep in wolf's clothing, if you insist on keeping up the illusion.

Hey, Squatter, my first Books post was also my first thread...

Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I've yet to explore all of this site. In the Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn finds a "single pale-green jewel." He identifies it as a beryl (ie: an emerald), but emeralds are not pale green. In general stone-lore, beryls are historically elf-stones and are associated with the merry folk of the wood. However (this is where my question comes into play) a peridot IS a pale green jewel. In basic stone-lore, peridots were always used to ward off terrors of the night, and wraiths. The stone was placed on the bridge after Glorfindel dispelled the Nazgul, thus causing me to believe that the stone was, in fact, a peridot, and that Aragorn wrongly identified it. Is my conclusion correct, or have I missed an important fact?

Let's see... Shortly following my [over-formal/pretentious/embarassing] post:

the phantom linked me to a site showing that my color logic was pretty much completely bad.

burrahobbit gave me a seven word response telling me that my logic, again, was faulty.

'Vana posted a dictionary quote and I pretty much assumed I was surrounded by people who can directly quote Webster without effort at any given time.

Keeper of Dol Goldur asked if most people of the Third Age would even have any clue about the fundamental differences of gemstones that look alike.

So I ended the thread firmly of the opinion that, for all that I was brilliant, wise, awesome, incredible, I was totally out of my league and that I should just sit in a corner for the rest of my life.