Copper
Copper was a metal familiar to the smiths of Middle-earth. Mahtan, the father of Nerdanel (the wife of Fëanor), prized this metal above gold.
Copper was a metal familiar to the smiths of Middle-earth . Mahtan , the father of Nerdanel (the wife of Fëanor ), prized this metal above gold. He wore a band of copper about his head and was known as Urundil or "copper-lover". There were objects of copper and bronze in the hoards of the Barrow-downs .