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 |
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