Adamant

Adamant is a very strong but brittle metal found moutainous mines and deep within the Underdark. This is the pure metal form of the hard, jet-black ferro magnetic ore known as Adamantite, from which the famous alloy Adamantine is made. Adamant is rarely found in nature, but when it is, it is always be in large spherical pockets in hardened volcanic flows. Adamant is one of the hardest substances known, but it is also brittle. A sword made of adamant could slice through most metals but would snap off if struck by another blade or even a smartly wielded wooden cudgel. This metal is extremley valuable in its most common use is to make Adamantite, a alloy of Adamant, silver and electrum that is supercedes .the durablity and desity of other metals with similar properties.

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Metal