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(Talk | contribs)  Elfstone, also known as the Elessar or the
Stone of Eärendil, is a famous green jewel that Galadriel gives
as a gift to Aragorn just before the Fellowship of the Ring
leaves the wood of Lothlórien. This stone, worn by Aragorn,
later causes him to also be given the name of Elessar by the
people of Minas Tirith.  There are a variety of stories about
the jewel's origin in the Unfinished Tales:  "There was in
Gondolin a jewel-smith named Enerdhil, and he was the greatest
of that craft among the Noldor after the death of Fëanor... it
came into his heart to make a jewel which the clear light of the
sun should be imprisoned, but the jewel should be green as
leaves. And he made this thing, and even the Noldor marvelled at
it. For it is said that those who looked through this stone saw
things that were withered or burned healed again or as they were
in the grace of their youth, and that the hands of one who held
it brought to all that t