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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2019-02-18 23:41:13 +0000, Fred Smith said:   
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   > IDHTBIFOMATM, but I seem to recall that Elendil (or Gil Galad?)   
   > would look into this stone to see Numenor (and/or Tol Eressa).   
   > Maybe it only showed him these places as they were before the   
   > world was changed.   
      
   They could apparently look across both time and space. In describing   
   the Palatíri to Pippin, Gandalf expresses his heart's desire to look   
   across the sea and time to Tirion and watch Fëanor at work.   
      
   > Also, wasn't there some super dupa master stone   
   > somewhere in the West (and I don't mean the one in Osgiliath)?   
   > There's an essay somewhere on Palantiri that would probably tell.   
      
   You are referring to the essay _The Palantíri_ in _Unfinished Tales_. I   
   don't recall reading of any master stone in the West.   
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