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Dust	Topic			Dust in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a fictional form of dark matter, an elementary particle that is of fundamental importance to the novels. Dust is invisible to the human eye and cannot be seen without the use of special instruments such as the amber spyglass or a special film. However, while humans cannot see dust without the use of outside devices, creatures such as the mulefa are able to see dust with their own eyes. Unlike ordinary particles, Dust is conscious...
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Melange	Topic			Melange is the name of the fiction drug (also known as [the] spice) central to the Dune series of science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. The most essential and valuable commodity in the universe, melange is a geriatric drug that gives the user a longer lifespan, greater vitality, and heightened awareness; it can also unlock prescience in some subjects, depending upon the dosage and the consumer's physiology. This prescience-enhancing property makes interstellar travel...
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Transparent aluminum	Topic			In Star Trek, transparent aluminum (or aluminium) is described as a transparent form of aluminum used for windows. No such material as depicted exists in real life. Attempts to make a similar material include the chemical bonding of aluminum with appropriate elements in transparent alumina and in ruby, corundum, sapphire, and related aluminum compounds. Traditional photonic bandgaps, based on introducing spatial holes in aluminum, are likewise possible, but these would require the introduction...
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Kryptonite	Topic	DC Universe	Green	Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos, originating in the Superman radio show series. The material is usually shown as having been created from the remains of Superman's native planet of Krypton, and generally has detrimental effects on Superman and other Kryptonians. The name "Kryptonite" covers a variety of forms of the substance, but usually refers to the most common "green" form. The word Kryptonite is also used in speech as a synonym for Achilles' heel, the one weakness of an...
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Dilithium	Topic			In the Star Trek universe, dilithium is a fictional chemical element, although the name also applies to a real-world molecule. Dilithium typically occurs as an extremely hard crystal mineral, which occurs naturally on some planets. When placed in a high frequency electromagnetic field, magnetic eddies are induced in its structure which keep charged particles away from the crystal lattice. This prevents it from reacting with antimatter when so energized, because the antimatter atoms never...
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Mithril	Topic			Mithril is a fictional metal from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings. It is silvery and stronger than steel but much lighter in weight. The author first wrote of it in The Lord of the Rings, and it was retrospectively mentioned in the second, revised edition of The Hobbit in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo was described as being made of "silvered steel". In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes that mithril was found only in Khazad-dûm (Moria) in...
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Adamantium	Topic			Adamantium is a fictional metallic or crystalline material which has seen extensive use in comics, cartoons and video games. It is so named because the word "adamant," meaning unbreakable, or adamantine combined with the neo-Latin suffix "ium" resembles the naming form of many chemical elements. In its classical form, adamantium refers to any unbreakable or impenetrable object. However most commonly, adamantium is used as the name of an invulnerable fictional element or substance. Adamantium...
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Silima	Material in fiction	Middle-earth		The Silmarils were made out of the crystalline substance silima by Fëanor, a Noldorin Elf, in Valinor during the Years of the Trees. The Silmarils are not mere jewels which shine with a great light. The three Silmarils are in some sense both alive and sacred. How Fëanor, admittedly the greatest of the Eldar, was able to create these objects is not fully explained. Even the Valar, including Aulë, could not copy them. In fact, not even Fëanor could copy them as part of his essence went into their...
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Galvorn	Topic	Middle-earth		In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Galvorn was a jet black metal (probably an alloy) devised by the Dark Elf Eöl after he became greatly skilled in metalwork after learning the craft from the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost. The unique metal was as strong as the steel of the Dwarves, extremely malleable, and resistant to injury by metal weapons. Its only known use is in Eöl's armour, which he wore whenever he left his forest residence. Eöl taught all his secrets to his son Maeglin, who later...
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Gold	Topic			Gold, also called golden, is a yellow orange color which is a representation of the color of the element gold. \t The web color gold, which is displayed at right, (which is sometimes also called orange-yellow) is traditionally referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is confined to referring to the color "metallic gold" (shown below). \t \t\t\tThe first recorded use of golden as a color name in English...
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Thiotimoline	Topic			Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by science fiction author Isaac Asimov and first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. In Asimov's writing, thiotimoline is notable for the fact that when it is mixed with water, the chemical actually begins to break down before it contacts the water. This is explained by the fact that in the thiotimoline molecule, there is at least one carbon atom such that, while...
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Pixie dust	Topic			Pixie dust, also known as "fairy dust", is a fictional substance. It is a trail of sparkling material that often follows mythical creature such as pixie and fairies in general when they are visually represented. Sometimes, this trail is interpreted as being a tangible substance, often imbued with magic powers. The most notable example of this is in the 1953 Disney version of Peter Pan, where pixie dust allows one to fly if one is thinking happy thoughts, specifically the song "You can fly",...
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Vibranium	Topic			Vibranium is a fictional metal that appears in the Marvel Universe. It is most commonly known as one of the materials used to construct Captain America's shield. Vibranium first appeared in Daredevil #13 (February 1966), by Stan Lee and John Romita which became known as the Antarctic Variety of Vibranium, otherwise known as Anti-Metal. Later in Fantastic Four #53 (August 1966), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, a new vibranium was introduced which later became known as the Wakandan Variety of...
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Dust

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Dust in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a fictional form of dark matter, an elementary particle that is of fundamental importance to the novels. Dust is invisible to the human eye and cannot be seen without the use of special instruments such as the amber spyglass or a special film. However, while humans cannot see dust without the use of outside devices, creatures such as the mulefa are able to see dust with their own eyes. Unlike ordinary particles, Dust is conscious...

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Melange

Topic

Melange is the name of the fiction drug (also known as [the] spice) central to the Dune series of science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. The most essential and valuable commodity in the universe, melange is a geriatric drug that gives the user a longer lifespan, greater vitality, and heightened awareness; it can also unlock prescience in some subjects, depending upon the dosage and the consumer's physiology. This prescience-enhancing property makes interstellar travel...

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Transparent aluminum

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In Star Trek, transparent aluminum (or aluminium) is described as a transparent form of aluminum used for windows. No such material as depicted exists in real life. Attempts to make a similar material include the chemical bonding of aluminum with appropriate elements in transparent alumina and in ruby, corundum, sapphire, and related aluminum compounds. Traditional photonic bandgaps, based on introducing spatial holes in aluminum, are likewise possible, but these would require the introduction...

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Kryptonite

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DC Universe

Green

Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos, originating in the Superman radio show series. The material is usually shown as having been created from the remains of Superman's native planet of Krypton, and generally has detrimental effects on Superman and other Kryptonians. The name "Kryptonite" covers a variety of forms of the substance, but usually refers to the most common "green" form. The word Kryptonite is also used in speech as a synonym for Achilles' heel, the one weakness of an...

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Dilithium

Topic

In the Star Trek universe, dilithium is a fictional chemical element, although the name also applies to a real-world molecule. Dilithium typically occurs as an extremely hard crystal mineral, which occurs naturally on some planets. When placed in a high frequency electromagnetic field, magnetic eddies are induced in its structure which keep charged particles away from the crystal lattice. This prevents it from reacting with antimatter when so energized, because the antimatter atoms never...

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Mithril

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Mithril is a fictional metal from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings. It is silvery and stronger than steel but much lighter in weight. The author first wrote of it in The Lord of the Rings, and it was retrospectively mentioned in the second, revised edition of The Hobbit in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo was described as being made of "silvered steel". In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes that mithril was found only in Khazad-dûm (Moria) in...

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Adamantium

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Adamantium is a fictional metallic or crystalline material which has seen extensive use in comics, cartoons and video games. It is so named because the word "adamant," meaning unbreakable, or adamantine combined with the neo-Latin suffix "ium" resembles the naming form of many chemical elements. In its classical form, adamantium refers to any unbreakable or impenetrable object. However most commonly, adamantium is used as the name of an invulnerable fictional element or substance. Adamantium...

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Silima

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Middle-earth

The Silmarils were made out of the crystalline substance silima by Fëanor, a Noldorin Elf, in Valinor during the Years of the Trees. The Silmarils are not mere jewels which shine with a great light. The three Silmarils are in some sense both alive and sacred. How Fëanor, admittedly the greatest of the Eldar, was able to create these objects is not fully explained. Even the Valar, including Aulë, could not copy them. In fact, not even Fëanor could copy them as part of his essence went into their...

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Galvorn

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Middle-earth

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Galvorn was a jet black metal (probably an alloy) devised by the Dark Elf Eöl after he became greatly skilled in metalwork after learning the craft from the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost. The unique metal was as strong as the steel of the Dwarves, extremely malleable, and resistant to injury by metal weapons. Its only known use is in Eöl's armour, which he wore whenever he left his forest residence. Eöl taught all his secrets to his son Maeglin, who later...

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Gold

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Gold, also called golden, is a yellow orange color which is a representation of the color of the element gold. \t The web color gold, which is displayed at right, (which is sometimes also called orange-yellow) is traditionally referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is confined to referring to the color "metallic gold" (shown below). \t \t\t\tThe first recorded use of golden as a color name in English...

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Thiotimoline

Topic

Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by science fiction author Isaac Asimov and first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. In Asimov's writing, thiotimoline is notable for the fact that when it is mixed with water, the chemical actually begins to break down before it contacts the water. This is explained by the fact that in the thiotimoline molecule, there is at least one carbon atom such that, while...

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Pixie dust

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Pixie dust, also known as "fairy dust", is a fictional substance. It is a trail of sparkling material that often follows mythical creature such as pixie and fairies in general when they are visually represented. Sometimes, this trail is interpreted as being a tangible substance, often imbued with magic powers. The most notable example of this is in the 1953 Disney version of Peter Pan, where pixie dust allows one to fly if one is thinking happy thoughts, specifically the song "You can fly",...

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Vibranium

Topic

Vibranium is a fictional metal that appears in the Marvel Universe. It is most commonly known as one of the materials used to construct Captain America's shield. Vibranium first appeared in Daredevil #13 (February 1966), by Stan Lee and John Romita which became known as the Antarctic Variety of Vibranium, otherwise known as Anti-Metal. Later in Fantastic Four #53 (August 1966), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, a new vibranium was introduced which later became known as the Wakandan Variety of...

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Dust		Topic			Dust in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a fictional form of dark matter, an elementary particle that is of fundamental importance to the novels. Dust is invisible to the human eye and cannot be seen without the use of special instruments such as the amber spyglass or a special film. However, while humans cannot see dust without the use of outside devices, creatures such as the mulefa are able to see dust with their own eyes. Unlike ordinary particles, Dust is conscious...
Dust		Material in fiction
Melange		Topic			Melange is the name of the fiction drug (also known as [the] spice) central to the Dune series of science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. The most essential and valuable commodity in the universe, melange is a geriatric drug that gives the user a longer lifespan, greater vitality, and heightened awareness; it can also unlock prescience in some subjects, depending upon the dosage and the consumer's physiology. This prescience-enhancing property makes interstellar travel...
Melange		Material in fiction
Transparent aluminum		Topic			In Star Trek, transparent aluminum (or aluminium) is described as a transparent form of aluminum used for windows. No such material as depicted exists in real life. Attempts to make a similar material include the chemical bonding of aluminum with appropriate elements in transparent alumina and in ruby, corundum, sapphire, and related aluminum compounds. Traditional photonic bandgaps, based on introducing spatial holes in aluminum, are likewise possible, but these would require the introduction...
Transparent aluminum		Material in fiction
Kryptonite		Topic	DC Universe	Green	Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos, originating in the Superman radio show series. The material is usually shown as having been created from the remains of Superman's native planet of Krypton, and generally has detrimental effects on Superman and other Kryptonians. The name "Kryptonite" covers a variety of forms of the substance, but usually refers to the most common "green" form. The word Kryptonite is also used in speech as a synonym for Achilles' heel, the one weakness of an...
Kryptonite		Material in fiction	DC Universe	Green
Dilithium		Topic			In the Star Trek universe, dilithium is a fictional chemical element, although the name also applies to a real-world molecule. Dilithium typically occurs as an extremely hard crystal mineral, which occurs naturally on some planets. When placed in a high frequency electromagnetic field, magnetic eddies are induced in its structure which keep charged particles away from the crystal lattice. This prevents it from reacting with antimatter when so energized, because the antimatter atoms never...
Dilithium		Material in fiction
Mithril		Topic			Mithril is a fictional metal from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings. It is silvery and stronger than steel but much lighter in weight. The author first wrote of it in The Lord of the Rings, and it was retrospectively mentioned in the second, revised edition of The Hobbit in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo was described as being made of "silvered steel". In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes that mithril was found only in Khazad-dûm (Moria) in...
Mithril		Material in fiction
Adamantium		Topic			Adamantium is a fictional metallic or crystalline material which has seen extensive use in comics, cartoons and video games. It is so named because the word "adamant," meaning unbreakable, or adamantine combined with the neo-Latin suffix "ium" resembles the naming form of many chemical elements. In its classical form, adamantium refers to any unbreakable or impenetrable object. However most commonly, adamantium is used as the name of an invulnerable fictional element or substance. Adamantium...
Adamantium		Material in fiction
Silima		Material in fiction	Middle-earth		The Silmarils were made out of the crystalline substance silima by Fëanor, a Noldorin Elf, in Valinor during the Years of the Trees. The Silmarils are not mere jewels which shine with a great light. The three Silmarils are in some sense both alive and sacred. How Fëanor, admittedly the greatest of the Eldar, was able to create these objects is not fully explained. Even the Valar, including Aulë, could not copy them. In fact, not even Fëanor could copy them as part of his essence went into their...
Silima		Topic	Middle-earth
Galvorn		Topic	Middle-earth		In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Galvorn was a jet black metal (probably an alloy) devised by the Dark Elf Eöl after he became greatly skilled in metalwork after learning the craft from the Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost. The unique metal was as strong as the steel of the Dwarves, extremely malleable, and resistant to injury by metal weapons. Its only known use is in Eöl's armour, which he wore whenever he left his forest residence. Eöl taught all his secrets to his son Maeglin, who later...
Galvorn		Material in fiction	Middle-earth
Gold		Topic			Gold, also called golden, is a yellow orange color which is a representation of the color of the element gold. \t The web color gold, which is displayed at right, (which is sometimes also called orange-yellow) is traditionally referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is confined to referring to the color "metallic gold" (shown below). \t \t\t\tThe first recorded use of golden as a color name in English...
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Thiotimoline		Topic			Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by science fiction author Isaac Asimov and first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. In Asimov's writing, thiotimoline is notable for the fact that when it is mixed with water, the chemical actually begins to break down before it contacts the water. This is explained by the fact that in the thiotimoline molecule, there is at least one carbon atom such that, while...
Thiotimoline		Material in fiction
Pixie dust		Topic			Pixie dust, also known as "fairy dust", is a fictional substance. It is a trail of sparkling material that often follows mythical creature such as pixie and fairies in general when they are visually represented. Sometimes, this trail is interpreted as being a tangible substance, often imbued with magic powers. The most notable example of this is in the 1953 Disney version of Peter Pan, where pixie dust allows one to fly if one is thinking happy thoughts, specifically the song "You can fly",...
Pixie dust		Material in fiction
Vibranium		Topic			Vibranium is a fictional metal that appears in the Marvel Universe. It is most commonly known as one of the materials used to construct Captain America's shield. Vibranium first appeared in Daredevil #13 (February 1966), by Stan Lee and John Romita which became known as the Antarctic Variety of Vibranium, otherwise known as Anti-Metal. Later in Fantastic Four #53 (August 1966), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, a new vibranium was introduced which later became known as the Wakandan Variety of...
Vibranium		Material in fiction