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Adamantine

Question:  Is adamantium a real metal? If it is real, is it the strongest metal?
 brandon s pincus

Answer 1:
ADAMANTINE is a mineral, a form of corundum, Al2O3. Gem varieties of
corundum are rubies and sapphires.
I've never heard of "adamantium." It sounds like one of those make-
believe materials used for armor and weapons in dungeons&dragons-type
games.
 jade hawk

Answer 2:
You got it Jade Hawk, although adamantium was also a fictional
metal in Marvel comic books back in the 70s.
 
topper

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