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It's the ring of adament. It gives her strength to protect her realm, to hold a Melian like belt about it to keep evil out. . .and to stave away decay.
I think Elgee is on the right track, surely the ring contributed greatly to the strenght and secrecy of Lorien ? And it helped the mallorntrees to grow larger and healthier than anywhere else.
I think in the letter in my edition of the Silmarillion, Tolkien said that it was very hard to quantify and explain the "magic" of the Elves; it was more what they were than what they did. Maybe the same applies to the Three Elven Rings.
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