Vardite

Vardite is a new crafting material that showed up from Droughtman's Maze quest random end loot prize.

The vardite ingot is made with metal.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a quality of 99, placing it at 'extremely pure' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a hardness of 88, placing it at 'very hard' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a durability of 75, placing it at 'good durability' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a workability of 45, placing it at 'somewhat challenging to work with' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has an electrical resistance of 80, placing it at 'a poor conductor of electricity' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a thermal resistance of 45, placing it at 'very good at transfering heat and cold' on the official Trader's Scale.
You are certain that the metal in the vardite ingot has a physical resistance of 99, placing it at 'incredibly good at repelling physical blows' on the official Trader's Scale.

Density is 6.1

As you can see, it is very well suited for Armor/Shields.