Silima

The silima was the unknown material which Fëanor used along with the light of the Two Trees of Valinor to create the Silmarils.
==Description==
It appeared like the crystal of diamonds, yet was stronger than adamant, and luminescent by its own composition. Its actual ingredients were known by none but Fëanor. It is also said that "no violence could mar it or break it" in all the Kingdom of Arda. However, the Valar would have broken Silmarils in order to restore the Two Trees after Morgoth and Ungoliant stole them. As such, it is highly likely that destroying silima was indeed possible, if only by the sheer power that the Valar wield.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. VII: "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor" 
==Etymology==
Sil- is a Sindarin term meaning "shine" or "white".The Silmarillion, Appendix: "Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
==References==
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