Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12481512-20130717104617/@comment-75.136.195.24-20141221062000

You all do realize that the dwarves mined and burrowed all through out tamriel, with that logic they could have come across any number of deep earth minerals such as zinc, iridium, cobalt, and nickle. Also the metal ebony looks very similar to smithing metal known as black iron, it I a very dense, very strong, but not that heavy steel alloy that contains small amounts of iridium and tungsten