I content Simarils are not Rings comment is important to the summary for lay readers I contend the differentiation between the Simarils and the Rings is necessary It s the primary reason that I hit the Simarils page trying to convince people that they were different I finally found it in other places This is not the first time that I ve had this conversation There are three stones old there are ancient rings made with special gems the association is completely natural to a lot of people who don t study Tolkein very much