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

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
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
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
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)