List of mineral types

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The minerals

Mineral	Category	Deposits
Hydrogen	Common
Helium	Common	Noble World - Light
Lithium	Common	Cimmerian World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
Beryllium	Base Metal	Plutonic World - Huge Crimson World - Light
Boron	Base Metal	Plutonic World - Huge Crimson World - Light
Carbon	Common	Carbide World - Heavy×3 Organic World - Heavy
Nitrogen	Common
Oxygen	Corrosive	Redux World - Medium
Fluorine	Corrosive	Halide World - Medium Redux World - Medium
Neon	Noble Gas	Fluorescent World - Huge Noble World - Light
Sodium	Base Metal	Cracked World - Huge
Magnesium	Base Metal	Iodine World - Light
Aluminum	Base Metal	Xenolithic World - Huge Dust World - Light Selenic World - Light Water World - Light
Silicon	Common	Maroon World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
Phosphorus	Common	Ultraviolet World - Huge Maroon World - Medium
Sulfur	Corrosive	Metal World - Medium Redux World - Medium
Chlorine	Corrosive	Chlorine World - Heavy×2 Redux World - Medium
Argon	Noble Gas	Noble World - Light Opalescent World - Light
Potassium	Base Metal	Dust World - Light Fluorescent World - Light Vinylogous World - Light
Calcium	Base Metal	Selenic World - Medium Alkali World - Medium
Scandium	Base Metal	Ultraviolet World - Medium
Titanium	Base Metal	Plutonic - Light Vinylogous World - Light
Vanadium	Base Metal	Metal World - Medium Azure World - Light
Chromium	Base Metal	Cracked World - Huge
Manganese	Base Metal	Cracked World - Huge
Iron	Base Metal	Magnetic World - Heavy Metal World - Huge Magma World - Light Selenic World - Light Water World - Light
Cobalt	Base Metal	Ultramarine World - Medium
Nickel	Base Metal	Metal World - Heavy Magnetic World - Medium Magma World - Light
Copper	Base Metal	Copper World - Huge×2 Metal World - Heavy
Zinc	Base Metal	Magnetic World - Heavy Chlorine World - Light
Gallium	Base Metal	Chlorine World - Trace
Germanium	Base Metal	Xenolithic World - Trace
Arsenic	Common	Opalescent World - Light Vinylogous World - Light
Selenium	Common
Bromine	Corrosive	Redux World - Medium Crimson World - Light Halide World - Medium×2
Krypton	Noble Gas	Ultramarine World - Medium Noble World - Light
Rubidium	Base Metal	Primordial World - Medium
Strontium	Base Metal	Alkali World - Medium
Yttrium	Base Metal	Yttric World - Huge
Zirconium	Base Metal	Redux World - Light
Niobium	Base Metal	Magnetic World - Light
Molybdenum	Base Metal	Azure World - Light Water World - Trace
Technetium	Radioactive	Cracked World - Huge Fluorescent World - Huge
Ruthenium	Base Metal	Telluric World - Medium
Rhodium	Base Metal	Maroon World - Medium
Palladium	Precious	Cracked World - Huge Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy
Silver	Precious	Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy×2 Metal World - Medium
Cadmium	Base Metal	Maroon World - Medium Purple World - Medium
Indium	Base Metal	Azure World - Light
Tin	Base Metal	Water World - Light
Antimony	Base Metal
Tellurium	Base Metal
Iodine	Corrosive	Iodine World - Heavy Halide World - Medium Redux World - Medium
Xenon	Noble Gas	Noble World - Light
Cesium	Base Metal	Maroon World - Medium Primordial World - Medium
Barium	Base Metal	Alkali World - Medium Primordial World - Medium Crimson World - Light
Lanthanum	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium
Cerium	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium
Praseo-dymium	Rare Earth	Green World - Heavy Lanthanide World - Medium
Neodymium	Rare Earth	Green World - Heavy Lanthanide World - Medium
Promethium	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium
Samarium	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
Europium	Rare Earth
Gadolinium	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium Opalescent World - Light
Terbium	Rare Earth	Lanthanide World - Medium
Dyprosium	Rare Earth
Holmium	Rare Earth	Oolite World - Huge Ultramarine World - Medium
Erbium	Rare Earth	Oolite World - Huge
Thulium	Rare Earth	Oolite World - Huge
Ytterbium	Rare Earth	Oolite World - Huge Yttric - Huge
Lutetium	Rare Earth	Oolite World - Huge
Hafnium	Base Metal
Tantalum	Base Metal	Hydrocarbon - Light
Tungsten	Base Metal	Iodine World - Trace
Rhenium	Base Metal	Purple World - Medium Vinylogous World - Light
Osmium	Base Metal	Super-Dense World - Medium
Iridium	Precious	Cracked World - Huge Oolite World - Huge Treasure World - Heavy Telluric World - Medium
Platinum	Precious	Treasure World - Heavy Xenolithic World - Light
Gold	Precious	Auric World - Huge×3 Treasure World - Heavy Ultraviolet World - Huge
Mercury	Base Metal	Infrared World - Heavy
Thallium	Base Metal	Telluric World - Medium
Lead	Base Metal	Super-Dense World - Medium Magma World - Light Water World - Light
Bismuth	Base Metal	Crimson World - Light Dust World - Light Hydrocarbon World - Light
Polonium	Radioactive	Cracked World - Huge Ultraviolet World - Huge
Astatine	Radioactive	Halide World - Medium Plutonic World - Medium Radioactive World - Medium
Radon	Noble Gas	Fluorescent World - Light Noble World - Light
Francium	Radioactive	Plutonic World - Medium Radioactive World - Medium
Radium	Radioactive	Radioactive World - Medium
Actinium	Radioactive	Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
Thorium	Radioactive	Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
Protactinium	Radioactive	Rainbow World - Heavy Radioactive World - Medium
Uranium	Radioactive	Metal World - Heavy Water World - Trace
Neptunium	Radioactive	Rainbow World - Heavy
Plutonium	Radioactive	Rainbow World - Heavy
Ozone	Common	Rainbow World - Huge×2
Free Radicals	Common	Chondrite World - Heavy Organic World - Heavy
Carbon Dioxide	Common	Organic World - Heavy
Carbon Monoxide	Common
Ammonia	Common	Primordial World - Huge Cimmerian World - Medium Urea World - Light
Methane	Common	Primordial World - Huge Cimmerian World - Medium
Sulfuric Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy
Hydrochloric Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy Chlorine World - Heavy×2
Hydrocyanic Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy
Formic Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy
Phosphoric Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy
Formaldehyde	Common	Organic World - Heavy Urea World - Medium
Cyano-acetylene	Common	Cyanic World - Huge
Methanol	Common	Chondrite World - Heavy Cimmerian World - Medium
Ethanol	Common
Silicon Monoxide	Common
Titanium Oxide	Common
Zirconium Oxide	Common
Water	Common
Silicon Compounds	Common
Metal Oxides	Common
Quantum Black Holes	Exotic
Neutronium	Exotic	Ruby World - Medium
Magnetic Monopoles	Exotic	Magnetic World - Trace
Degenerate Matter	Exotic	Quasi-Degenerate World - Medium
Super Fluids	Exotic	Sapphire World - Medium
Aguuti Nodules	Exotic	Emerald World - Huge
Iron Compounds	Common
Aluminum Compounds	Common
Nitrous Oxide	Common
Radioactives	Common
Hydro-carbons	Common	Hydrocarbon World - Huge
Carbon Compounds	Common
Antimatter	Exotic	Emerald World - Medium
Charon Dust	Exotic
Reisburg Helices	Exotic	Sapphire World - Huge
Tzo Crystals	Exotic	Ruby World - Huge Pellucid World - Trace
Calcium Compounds	Common
Nitric Acid	Common	Acid World - Heavy

Mineral values

These are the amounts of "resources" you get at the Starbase at Earth, per unit of minerals.

Category	Value
Common	1
Corrosive	2
Base Metal	3
Noble Gas	4
Rare Earth	5
Precious	6
Radioactive	8
Exotic	25

Mineral amounts

The number of deposits on the surface of a planet is randomly chosen from the range in the 'quantity' column of the deposit size table below. The amount of mineral units within one deposit is determined from the "quality" column in the deposit size table below, together with the size of the star which the planet orbits, and some randomness.

Specifically, the quality is determined as follows. First an intermediate quality value is calculated by chosing a random number in the range 0-99, adding the quality modifier from the deposit size table times 10, as well as the quality modifier from the star size table times 10. If the intermediate quality value is less than 150, then the image for the deposit will be small; if it is 150 or higher, but no more than 225, then the image will be medium-sized; if it is 225 or higher, than the image will be large.

The actual quality of the deposit is acquired from the intermediate quality value by dividing it by 10, and then adding 1.

Deposit sizes:

Description	Quantity	Quality
Trace	0-1	+0
Light	0-4	+0
Medium	0-4	+5
Heavy	0-4	+10
Huge	0-8	+10

Where the minerals table says "×2" or "×3", there will be multiple series of deposits. So for example a Carbide World will have as many Carbon deposits as the total value of a throw of 3 5-sided dice with numbers from 0 to 4.

The effect of star size on deposit quality:

Size	Quality
Dwarf	+0
Giant	+5
Super Giant	+10