Material in fiction

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. The name...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In Star Trek, transparent aluminum (or aluminium) is described as a transparent form of aluminum used for windows; the term also as a material in the Battlestar Galactica franchises. No such material as depicted exists in real life. Attempts to make a similar...

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...

Pixie dust, also known as "fairy dust", is the 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...