Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-12481512-20130717104617/@comment-4057437-20130924054056

AoBzealot0812 wrote: The color and density would suggest copper and gold with ebony and/or moonstone. Also, as the Dwemer were the only group to discover Aetherium, it is possible they could have dicovered a currently unfound metal.

The density of iron is 7.87times that of water, the density of gold is 19.3 times that of water. Iron armor weighs 30, Dwarven armor weighs 45. There couldn't be much gold in Dwarven metal alloy or Dwarven armor would weigh a lot more.