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[[File:space_earth_sword.jpg|link=Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|rightframe|<small>[[Black Swords Are Better|You can tell it's special because it's black when forged.]]</small> ]]
 
 
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== Real Life ==
 
* There is a metal, generally only found in meteorites, and under the earth's crust, called [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Iridium |Iridium]]. Often, unusually high levels of this metal found in a layer of rock is a major clue to either a meteor-strike or a volcanic eruption at the time represented by said layer.
* [[Genre Savvy]] author [[Terry Pratchett]] [http://www.news.com.au/technology/terry-pratchett-creates-a-sword-with-meteorites/story-e6frfro0-1225926584339 had one forged for himself] in order to celebrate having been knighted.
* Attila the Hun was believed to have wielded a sword made from meteorite, which the Romans nicknamed the "Sword of Mars"<ref>[[Macekre|despite the fact that Attila himself, having no reason to worship Mars, would probably have called it "Sword of God(s)"]]</ref>.
* James Bowie's iconic knife was supposedly forged from a piece of meteorite iron.
* Invoked with [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Stellite |Stellite]], a superalloy produced by Deloro Stellite Company. It's ''hard'' and can take a ''lot'' of heat without weakening. Some applications include saw teeth, racing engine valves, machine gun barrels, and drill bits for metal cutting machines.
 
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