List of mineral types
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minerals in srilanka
• AZURITE (55 specimens)
• ALBITE (12 specimens)
• ARSENOPYRITE (5 specimens)
• ANNABERGITE (1 specimen)
• ADAMITE (8 specimens)
• ALMANDINE (2 specimens)
• AMETHYST (10 specimens)
• ANAPAITE (1 specimen)
• ANDRADITE (16 specimens)
• APATITE (17 specimens)
• APOPHYLLITE (3 specimens)
• AQUAMARINE (13 specimens)
• ARAGONITE (12 specimens)
• AXINITE (2 specimens)
• ANKERITE (1 specimen)
• ANGLESITE (12 specimens)
• ARSENTSUMEBITE (2 specimens)
• ATACAMITE (1 specimen)
• AUSTINITE (3 specimens)
• AFGHANITE (1 specimen)
• ADULARIA (8 specimens)
• ACANTHITE (3 specimens)
• AMAZONITE (3 specimens)
• AEGIRINE (4 specimens)
• ALEXANDRITE (1 specimen)
B
• BARYTE (18 specimens)
• BRAZILIANITE (3 specimens)
• BENITOITE (5 specimens)
• BOURNONITE (7 specimens)
• BAYLDONITE (6 specimens)
• BERYL (25 specimens)
• BISMUTHINITE (1 specimen)
• BLISTER COPPER (4 specimens)
• BORNITE (5 specimens)
• BROCHANTITE (2 specimens)
• BISMUTITE (1 specimen)
• BEUDANTITE (4 specimens)
• BUERGERITE (1 specimen)
• BORACITE (1 specimen)
• BOULANGERITE (1 specimen)
• BETAFITE (1 specimen)
• BERTRANDITE (1 specimen)
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C
• CALCITE (95 specimens)
• CHALCOPYRITE (11 specimens)
• CALEDONITE (2 specimens)
• CAMPYLITE (2 specimens)
• CARMINITE (1 specimen)
• CARROLLITE (1 specimen)
• CASSITERITE (6 specimens)
• CHALCEDONY (3 specimens)
• CHALCOCITE (5 specimens)
• CHALCOPHYLLITE (1 specimen)
• CHALCOSIDERITE (3 specimens)
• CHALCOTRICHITE (4 specimens)
• CHILDRENITE (2 specimens)
• CHRYSOCOLLA (1 specimen)
• CLEAVELANDITE (2 specimens)
• CLINOCLASE (3 specimens)
• COBALTOAN CALCITE (18 specimens)
• COBALTOAN DOLOMITE (2 specimens)
• CONICHALCITE (1 specimen)
• COVELLITE (1 specimen)
• CRONSTEDTITE (1 specimen)
• CUPRIAN SMITHSONITE (15 specimens)
• CUPRITE (9 specimens)
• CYLINDRITE (1 specimen)
• CLINOCHLORE (4 specimens)
• CERUSSITE (27 specimens)
• CHALCOSTIBITE (1 specimen)
• COBALTOAN SMITHSONITE (9 specimens)
• CHRYSOBERYL (6 specimens)
• CELESTITE (1 specimen)
• CHLORITE (4 specimens)
• CROCOITE (3 specimens)
• CORUNDUM (6 specimens)
• CUPRIAN ADAMITE (5 specimens)
• COQUIMBITE (3 specimens)
D
• DOLOMITE (24 specimens)
• DIOPTASE (12 specimens)
• DIAMOND (10 specimens)
• DUFTITE (8 specimens)
• DEMANTOID (4 specimens)
• DATOLITE (2 specimens)
• DESCLOIZITE (3 specimens)
• DIOPSIDE (6 specimens)
• DADSONITE (1 specimen)
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E
• ELBAITE (15 specimens)
• EOSPHORITE (2 specimens)
• EPIDOTE (15 specimens)
• ERYTHRITE (3 specimens)
• ETTRINGITE (3 specimens)
• EUCLASE (3 specimens)
• EMERALD (6 specimens)
• EMPLECTITE (1 specimen)
• EUREKADUMPITE (2 specimens)
F
• FLUORITE (95 specimens)
• FELDSPAR (8 specimens)
• FLUOROAPATITE (1 specimen)
• FERBERITE (1 specimen)
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G
• GALENA (21 specimens)
• GARNET (45 specimens)
• GOETHITE (3 specimens)
• GOLD (19 specimens)
• GROSSULAR (16 specimens)
• GYPSUM (1 specimen)
H
• HEMATITE (20 specimens)
• HESSONITE (11 specimens)
• HAUSMANNITE (1 specimen)
• HEMIMORPHITE (2 specimens)
• HELIODOR (1 specimen)
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I
• ILVAITE (2 specimens)
• INDICOLITE (1 specimen)
• INESITE (1 specimen)
J
• JAMESONITE (2 specimens)
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K
• KUNZITE (2 specimens)
• KOLBECKITE (7 specimens)
L
• LEADHILLITE (2 specimens)
• LEGRANDITE (1 specimen)
• LANGITE (3 specimens)
• LEITEITE (5 specimens)
• LEPIDOLITE (2 specimens)
• LIBETHENITE (4 specimens)
• LINARITE (6 specimens)
• LIROCONITE (3 specimens)
• LISKEARDITE (2 specimens)
• LUDLOCKITE (4 specimens)
• LAZURITE (2 specimens)
• LONDONITE (1 specimen)
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M
• MANGANITE (4 specimens)
• MALACHITE (44 specimens)
• METATORBERNITE (1 specimen)
• MICA (1 specimen)
• MILLERITE (1 specimen)
• MIMETITE (30 specimens)
• MUSCOVITE (11 specimens)
• MARCASITE (1 specimen)
• MOTTRAMITE (6 specimens)
• MAGNETITE (2 specimens)
N
• NATIVE BISMUTH (2 specimens)
• NEPTUNITE (5 specimens)
• NATIVE COPPER (14 specimens)
• NATIVE GOLD (19 specimens)
• NATIVE SILVER (18 specimens)
• NATIVE SULPHUR (1 specimen)
• NIFONTOVITE (7 specimens)
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O
• OLIVENITE (17 specimens)
• OPAL (3 specimens)
P
• PHARMACOSIDERITE (1 specimen)
• PYRITE (29 specimens)
• PYROMORPHITE (21 specimens)
• PSEUDOMORPH (8 specimens)
• PHOSGENITE (2 specimens)
• PLANCHEITE (1 specimen)
• PLUMBOGUMMITE (1 specimen)
• PSEUDOMALACHITE (3 specimens)
• PYRARGYRITE (6 specimens)
• PREHNITE (11 specimens)
• PEROVSKITE (1 specimen)
• PROUSTITE (2 specimens)
• PARADAMITE (1 specimen)
• POSNJAKITE (2 specimens)
• PHENAKITE (3 specimens)
• PYRRHOTITE (2 specimens)
• PUCHERITE (2 specimens)
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Q
• QUARTZ (123 specimens)
R
• RASPITE (1 specimen)
• RHODOCHROSITE (12 specimens)
• RHODONITE (1 specimen)
• ROSASITE (6 specimens)
• ROSE QUARTZ (1 specimen)
• RUBELLITE (6 specimens)
• RUTILE (7 specimens)
• ROSELITE (1 specimen)
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S
• SIDERITE (14 specimens)
• SPHALERITE (15 specimens)
• SCORODITE (3 specimens)
• SMOKY QUARTZ (14 specimens)
• SCHEELITE (4 specimens)
• SCHORL (5 specimens)
• SELENITE (5 specimens)
• SMITHSONITE (61 specimens)
• SPESSARTINE (12 specimens)
• SPINEL (3 specimens)
• SPODUMENE (3 specimens)
• STIBNITE (3 specimens)
• STILBITE (1 specimen)
• STRONTIANITE (1 specimen)
• SULPHUR (1 specimen)
• SKUTTERUDITE (2 specimens)
• SAPPHIRE (4 specimens)
• STANNOMICROLITE (1 specimen)
T
• TANZANITE (3 specimens)
• TOURMALINE (56 specimens)
• TARNOWITZITE (1 specimen)
• TENNANTITE (10 specimens)
• TETRAHEDRITE (2 specimens)
• TITANITE (3 specimens)
• TWIN (6 specimens)
• TOPAZ (8 specimens)
• TANTALITE (1 specimen)
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U
• UVAROVITE (1 specimen)
• UVITE (3 specimens)
V
• VESUVIANITE (3 specimens)
• VANADINITE (3 specimens)
• VAUXITE (1 specimen)
• VIVIANITE (3 specimens)
• VARISCITE (1 specimen)
• VAUQUELINITE (1 specimen)
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W
• WARDITE (1 specimen)
• WILLEMITE (9 specimens)
• WITHERITE (4 specimens)
• WULFENITE (19 specimens)
• WUPATKIITE (6 specimens)
• WAVELLITE (2 specimens)
• WILUITE (1 specimen)
X
• XENOTIME (1 specimen)
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Y
Z
• ZOISITE (2 specimens)
• ZIRCON (6 specimens)
• ZINCIAN ARAGONITE (1 specimen)
Mineral values
This table shows the RU you can receive at the Starbase at Earth, per unit of minerals. A graphic table is also available.
Category | Value |
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Common | 1 |
Corrosive | 2 |
Base Metal | 3 |
Noble Gas | 4 |
Rare Earth | 5 |
Precious | 6 |
Radioactive | 8 |
Exotic | 25 |
Mineral amounts
The number and size of the mineral deposits on a planet is determined from the specified deposit type and the size of the system's star as follows:
Description | Quantity | Quality | Avg Dwarf | Avg Giant | Avg Super |
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Trace | 0-1 | 1-10 | 5.5 | 8 | 15.5 |
Light | 0-4 | 1-10 | 11 | 21 | 31 |
Medium | 0-4 | 6-15 | 21 | 31 | 41 |
Heavy | 0-4 | 11-20 | 31 | 41 | 51 |
Huge | 0-8 | 11-20 | 62 | 82 | 102 |
- Quantity is the number of mineral deposits of that type to be found on the planet.
- Quality is the size of each mineral deposit. The numbers given are for Dwarf star systems. Giant and Supergiant systems add +5 and +10, respectively, to the Quality of each mineral deposit in the system.
- Avg Dwarf is the average number of units of the mineral one could expect to find on such a planet around a Dwarf star.
- Avg Giant is the average number of units of the mineral one could expect to find on such a planet around a Giant star.
- Avg Super is the average number of units of the mineral one could expect to find on such a planet around a Supergiant star.
Where the minerals table says "×2" or "×3", there will be multiple series of deposits. So for example a Carbide World will generate three Heavy sets of deposits.
The size of the graphic used for the deposit is determined as follows:
Quality | Graphic Size |
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0-15 | Small |
16-23 | Medium |
23-30 | Large |
Note that deposits of 23 units can appear as either Medium or Large graphics (about a 50-50 chance of either)