Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26318119-20150525023820

alright ive been thinking.

from the quest "Lost to the ages" or whatever, Katria says that the only remaining Aetherium is in the shards that are used to unlock the forge in the first place. alright cool.. what about blackreach?

it states that Aetherium was first mined in Blackreach, now im not sure about this, but when i was in blackreach there were giant blue hued rocks lying around.. isnt this Aetherium? Isnt this stuff the mythical, used up mineral that the Dwemer fought over? if so, WHY cant the dragonborn mine it, or even acknowledge its existance?

ofcourse, they could just be giant glowing rocks and i could just be upset at the ending of the questline and think it was kinda bs :|  