Moonstone Ore (Skyrim)

Moonstone Ore is used to make Refined Moonstone at a Smelter. It is described as a yellow-cream stone. They are used in creating and improving Elven items and creating Glass Armor and Glass Weapons.

Moonstone Ore Vein
Moonstone Ore Veins can be mined with a pickaxe to obtain Moonstone Ore. Each vein has a chance to produce a precious gem.

Locations
Moonstone Ore can be purchased from Blacksmith merchants or found:
 * 7 veins in Mzulft (The Staff of Magnus quest required)
 * 5 veins in Soljund's Sinkhole, along with 3 loose ore in the mine and 2 ingots on a shelf within the crypt.
 * 2 veins in Blackreach.
 * 2 veins in Stony Creek Cave, southeast of Windhelm.
 * 2 veins northwest of Silent Moons Camp. Go up a steep hill. The veins are guarded by a bear or sometimes a sabre cat (depending on your level) at the slope of the mountainside.
 * 1 vein on top of the mountain between Nightcaller Temple and Winterhold Imperial Camp.
 * 1 vein in Cronvangr Broodlair, in Cronvangr Cave.
 * 1 vein North of Skyborn Altar.
 * 1 vein in Crystaldrift Cave, southwest of Riften and west of Lost Tongue Overlook.
 * 1 vein near the gate to Cyrodiil, one to the right (follow the road south of Helgen. Takes some time).
 * 1 vein south of Wayward Pass, on one of the rock formations near the pathway.
 * 1 vein is East of Angi's Camp overlooking a cliff.
 * 1 vein south of Morthal, by a dragon burial mound.
 * 1 ore can be found on a shelf below deck in the Wreck of the Brinehammer.
 * 1 vein deep inside Tolvald's Crossing.
 * 1 vein at mountain peak on the south side of Raldbthar (easier to reach from Shearpoint and going east).
 * 1 vein along the crest between two mountain peaks east of Ironbind Overlook, an unmarked exit from Ironbind Barrow. The crest stretches east from three unmarked Dwemer pillars near the first peak.
 * 2 veins inside of Darkfall Cave, just across the bridge.
 * They can also be found as loot on Dwarven Spiders.
 * 1 vein inside of Wolfskull Cave. Go to Wolfskull Ruins; you will find it in the second room on a small rock.

Trivia

 * Moonstone Ore is the only one of the ores that has a "carved" appearance, suggesting that it is either quartz-like or stone-like, not being a metal at all.
 * Moonstone is in real life a silicate gemstone of Feldspar variety, which has a similar appearance as it has in.

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