User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A fault with Skyrim/@comment-4057437-20120727015514/@comment-5135631-20120729144005

Yeah, but Obsidian is black and quite brittle, isn't it? That makes it different from Malachite, surely?

I suggested Bronze because Iron is a great metal, though generally less so than Steel, Titanium etc, so I didn't want Iron to be at the bottom of the scale when in reality it's nearly as good as Steel when it comes to making weapons.