drurin

Drurin is a fictional mineral that appears in a range of science fiction and fantasy works. In most depictions it is a dense, translucent crystal that can vary in color from deep blue to emerald green and that sometimes glows faintly in the dark. In-universe geology places drurin in hydrothermally altered rock formations within mountainous or arid regions, mined from narrow vein pockets. Some backstories tie its origin to long geochemical evolution, others to meteorite impacts or otherworldly processes.

Drurin's commonly cited properties include high energy density, thermal stability, and resistance to chemical attack, features that make it a coveted material for advanced technologies in fiction. Refined forms such as drurinite or druridol are often used as feedstocks for high-capacity batteries, superconducting composites, propulsion modules, and precision optical devices. In some stories drurin can be processed into nanoscale powders or integrated into crystalline circuits.

Economics around drurin frequently centers on scarcity, geopolitical competition over deposits, and the challenges of deep mining. Safety considerations appear in various canons, including radiation exposure, toxic fumes, or environmental disruption associated with extraction and processing.

Etymology and origin stories are diverse; in most works the name drurin is invented by the author and sometimes linked to a fictional region, discovery, or linguistic root, rather than a single canonical origin across narratives.