The Ring seemed to be made simply of gold, but it was impervious to damage. It could be destroyed only by throwing it into the pit of the volcanic Mount Doom where it was originally forged. Unlike other rings, the One Ring was not susceptible to Dragon fire.Like some lesser rings forged by the Elves as "essays in the craft"
– but unlike the other Rings of Power – the One Ring bore no gem. Its identity could be determined by a little-known but simple test: when placed in a fire, it displayed a fiery Tangwar inscription in the Black Speach of Mordor, with two lines from a rhyme of lore describing the Rings:
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