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'''Orichalcum''' is a legendary precious metal that was mentioned in [[Plato]] as used in [[Atlantis]]. (Orichalcum appears many other places in classical Greek and Roman
For some reason, translators often fail to recognize the word in media of Japanese origin, leading to misspellings like "orihalcon".
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* In ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' Nadia's pendant is eventually revealed to be made of orichalcum (and associated with Atlantis).
* Used in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' in association with Atlantis., as "the Orichalcos". The members of DOMA/DOOM all had rings with bits of Orichalcum in them, and they are the only way to break the Seal of Orichalcos (if you lose a duel inside the seal, your soul gets eaten by the Leviathan.
** Well, hitting it really hard with a Millenuim Item works too...for a [[Heroic Sacrifice|given definition
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' has an unrelated character with an "Eye of Orichalcum" embedded in his face.
* [[Transformers Armada]] has the Mini-Cons from a sunken city called the Orichalcum (translated as "Olihalicons").
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** It is also an [[Item Crafting]] material in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''.
** The near-unbreakable shield in ''[[Dragon Quest Swords]]'' is a SPOON made of Orichalcum, but due to its obviously small size which can't be increases and that if you can block as accurately with any other shield as you can with the spoon, they'll be just as durable, it's not nearly as useful as it'd initially seem.
** It makes a comeback in ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'' as one of the greatest, yet rarest alchemy ingredients. To give you a scope on how rare it is, every other mineral in the game can be found as [[Randomly Drops]] or by finding them on the ground in certain spots of the world map.
** In ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime]]'', both orichalcum and orichalslime are used as weapons and alchemy ingredients.
** The general rule of thumb in [[Dragon Quest]] is that if it's made of Orichalcum, it either kicks three different kinds of ass or is a flat-out [[Game Breaker]].
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