Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3539474-20130910213054/@comment-3539474-20130917000256

Draevan13 wrote: I never said armor means it's metal, don't put words in my mouth.

Malachite is a mineral that you melt down at a smelter and turn it into an ingot. I consider that a metal. On Nirn, nobody knows whether it's an hardened glass or transparent alloy. IRL, it be like the transparent Alumina, light aluminium but three times tougher than steel of the same thickness. Probably the same stuff but with magic.