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| Cerium oxide
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| Nickel oxide
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Revision as of 12:28, 16 September 2024

This is an attempt to develop an order to natural resources and how they may be encountered on planetary surveys. It is based upon this flawed & incomplete concept. All known and (Star Trek) fictional naturally-occurring elements will be categorized here.

Natural Resources table

Resource Type Category Deposits Applications
Actinium element Radioactive
Aluminum element Base Metal
Aluminum oxide compound Common
Ammonia compound Common
Amphibole compound Common
Antimony element Base Metal
Antimony trioxide compound Common
Antimony tetroxide compound Common
Antimony pentoxide compound Common
Argon element Noble Gas
Arsenic element Common
Arsenic trioxide compound Corrosive
Arsenic pentoxide compound Common
Astatine element Radioactive
Barium element Base Metal
Barium oxide compound Corrosive
Beryllium element Base Metal
Biotite compound Common
Bismuth element Base Metal
Bismuth oxide compound Base Metal
Boron element Base Metal
Bromine element Corrosive
Cadmium element Base Metal
Calcium element Base Metal
Calcium oxide compound Corrosive
Carbon element Common
Carbon dioxide compound Common
Carbon monoxide compound Common
Cerium element Rare Earth
Cerium oxide element Rare Earth
Cesium element Base Metal
Chlorine element Corrosive
Chromium element Base Metal
Chromium oxide compound Common
Cobalt element Base Metal
Cobalt oxide compound Common
Copper element Base Metal
Copper oxide compound Common
Cyanoacetylene compound Common
Dysprosium element Rare Earth
Erbium element Rare Earth
Ethanol compound Common
Europium element Rare Earth
Feldspar compound Common
Fluorine element Corrosive
Formaldehyde compound Common
Formic acid compound Common
Francium element Radioactive
Gadolinium element Rare Earth
Gallium element Base Metal
Germanium element Base Metal
Gold element Precious
Hafnium element Base Metal
Helium element Common
Holmium element Rare Earth
Hydrocarbon compound Common
Hydrochloric acid compound Common
Hydrocyanic cyanide compound Common
Hydrogen element Common
Illite compound Common
Indium element Base Metal
Iodine element Corrosive
Iridium element Precious
Iron element Base Metal
Iron oxide compound Common
Kaolinite compound Common
Krypton element Noble Gas
Lanthanum element Rare Earth
Lanthanum oxide compound Rare Earth
Lead element Base Metal
Lead oxide compound Common
Lithium element Common
Lithium oxide compound Base Metal
Lutetium element Rare Earth
Magnesium element Base Metal
Magnesium oxide compound Common
Magnetic monopole matter Exotics
Manganese element Base Metal
Manganese oxide compound Common
Mercury element Base Metal
Mercury oxide compound Corrosive
Methane compound Common
Methanol compound Common
Molybdenum element Base Metal
Muscovite compound Common
Neodymium element Rare Earth
Neon element Noble Gas
Neptunium element Radioactive
Neutronium matter Exotic
Nickel element Base Metal
Nickel oxide compound Base Metal
Niobium element Base Metal
Nitric acid compound Common
Nitrogen element Common
Nitrous oxide compound Common
Olivine compound Common
Osmium element Base Metal
Oxygen element Corrosive
Ozone compound Common
Palladium element Precious
Phosphoric acid compound Common
Phosphorus element Common
Platinum element Precious
Plutonium element Radioactive
Polonium element Radioactive
Potassium element Base Metal
Potassium oxide compound Base Metal
Praseodymium element Rare Earth
Promethium element Rare Earth
Protactinium element Radioactive
Pyroxene compound Common
Quartz compound Common
Radium element Radioactive
Radon element Noble Gas
Rhenium element Base Metal
Rhodium element Base Metal
Rubidium element Base Metal
Rubidium oxide compound Base Metal
Ruthenium element Base Metal
Samarium element Rare Earth
Scandium element Base Metal
Selenium element Common
Silicon element Common
Silicon monoxide compound Common
Silver element Precious
Silver oxide compound Precious
Smectite compound Common
Sodium element Base Metal
Sodium oxide compound Base Metal
Strontium element Base Metal
Sulfur element Corrosive
Sulfuric acid compound Common
Super fluid matter Exotic
Tantalum element Base Metal
Technetium element Radioactive
Tellurium element Base Metal
Terbium element Rare Earth
Thallium element Base Metal
Thallium oxide compound Exotic
Thorium element Radioactive
Thorium oxide compound Radioactive
Thulium element Rare Earth
Tin element Base Metal
Tin oxide compound Common
Titanite compound Common
Titanium element Base Metal
Titanium oxide compound Common
Tungsten element Base Metal
Tungsten oxide compound Common
Uranium element Radioactive
Uranium oxide compound Radioactive
Vanadium element Base Metal
Water compound Common
Xenon element Noble Gas
Ytterbium element Rare Earth
Yttrium element Base Metal
Zinc element Base Metal
Zinc oxide compound Common
Zircon compound Common
Zirconium element Base Metal
Zirconium oxide compound Common

Resource categories

Base Metals
Roll Resource Type
1 Aluminum element
2 Antimony element
3 Barium element
4 Beryllium element
5 Bismuth element
6 Boron element
7 Cadmium element
8 Calcium element
9 Cesium element
10 Chromium element
11 Cobalt element
12 Copper element
13 Gallium element
14 Germanium element
15 Hafnium element
16 Indium element
17 Iron element
18 Lead element
19 Magnesium element
20 Manganese element
21 Mercury element
22 Molybdenum element
23 Nickel element
24 Niobium element
25 Osmium element
26 Potassium element
27 Rhenium element
28 Rhodium element
29 Rubidium element
30 Ruthenium element
31 Scandium element
32 Sodium element
33 Strontium element
34 Tantalum element
35 Tellurium element
36 Thallium element
37 Tin element
38 Titanium element
39 Tungsten element
40 Vanadium element
41 Yttrium element
42 Zinc element
43 Zirconium element
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Commons
Roll Resource Type
1 Ammonia compound
2 Amphibole compound
3 Arsenic element
4 Biotite compound
5 Carbon element
6 Carbon dioxide compound
7 Carbon monoxide compound
8 Cyanoacetylene compound
9 Ethanol compound
10 Feldspar compound
11 Formaldehyde compound
12 Formic acid compound
13 Helium element
14 Hydrocarbon compound
15 Hydrochloric acid compound
16 Hydrocyanic cyanide compound
17 Hydrogen element
18 Illite compound
19 Kaolinite compound
20 Lithium element
21 Methane compound
22 Methanol compound
23 Muscovite compound
24 Nitric acid compound
25 Nitrogen element
26 Nitrous oxide compound
27 Olivine compound
28 Ozone compound
29 Phosphoric acid compound
30 Phosphorus element
31 Pyroxene compound
32 Quartz compound
33 Selenium element
34 Silicon element
35 Silicon monoxide compound
36 Smectite compound
37 Sulfuric acid compound
38 Titanite compound
39 Titanium oxide compound
40 Water compound
41 Zircon compound
42 Zirconium oxide compound
43

Corrosives

Noble Gases

Rare Earths

Precious

Radioactives

Exotics

Resource Subtables

Note: the Star Control planet names will be dropped after the completion of this section.

  • Acid:
    • 12x formic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrocyanic acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfuric acids; one one other common
    • 8x fourteen other commons
  • Alkali:
    • 12x alkali base metal (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium)
    • 8x strontium, barium, calcium
    • 8x one other alkali base metal
    • 4x three other base metals
  • Carbide:
    • 12x carbon
    • 8x two other commons
  • Chlorine:
    • 20x chlorine, hydrochloric acid
    • 12x one other corrosive, one other common
    • 8x zinc, gallium
    • 4x four other base metals
  • Cimmerian:
    • 12x methane, ammonia, methanol, lithium
    • 8x eight other commons
  • Chondrite:
    • 12x ethanol, one other common
    • 8x four other commons
  • Copper:
    • 20x copper
    • 12x one other base metals
  • Cyanic:
    • 20x cyanoacetylene
    • 12x two other commons
  • Crimson:
    • 12x barium, boron, beryllium, bismuth, bromine
    • 12x in a light base metal (aluminum, magnesium, titanium, beryllium, lithium, sodium, potassium)
    • 8x five other base metals
    • 8x one other light base metal
    • 8x one other corrosive
  • Dust:
    • 12x in either a silicate oxide (quartz, feldspar, olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite, muscovite, kaolinite, illite, smectite, titanite, zircon) or a metal oxide (aluminum oxide, antimony trioxide, antimony tetroxide, antimony pentoxide, arsenic trioxide, arsenic pentoxide, barium oxide, bismuth oxide, calcium oxide, cerium oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, lanthanum oxide, lead oxide, lithium oxide, magnesium oxide, manganese oxide, mercury oxide, nickel oxide, potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, silver oxide, sodium oxide, thallium oxide, thorium oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, uranium oxide, tungsten oxide, zinc oxide)
    • 8x one other silicate or metal oxides
    • 4x bismuth, aluminum, and potassium
    • 1x three other base metals
  • Fluorescent:
    • 20x technetium, neon
    • 12x one other radioactive
    • 4x radon
    • 1x one other noble gas
  • Green:
    • 12x praseodymium, neodymium
    • 8x two other rare earths
  • Halide:
    • 16x bromine
    • 8x fluorine, iodine, astatine
    • (another) 8x in either fluorine, iodine, astatine
    • 4x in two other corrosives
    • 4x in one other radioactive
  • Hydrocarbon:
    • 20x hydrocarbon
    • 12x two other commons
    • 4x tantalum
    • 1x bismuth, two other base metals
  • Infrared:
    • 20x mercury
    • 12 one other base metal
  • Iodine:
    • 12x iodine
    • 8x in a base metals
    • 8x in a corrosive
  • Lanthanide:
    • 12x ytterbium, cerium, lanthanum
    • 8x three other heavy rare earths (dysprosium, erbium, gadolinium, holmium, lutetium, terbium, thulium, yttrium)
    • 4x six other rare earths
  • Magma:
    • 8x one base metal
    • 4x two other base metals
  • Magnetic:
    • 12x nickel, niobium, one other ferromagnetic metal (cobalt, dysprosium, gandolinium, iron)
    • 8x three other ferromagnetic metals
    • 4x magnetic monopole
    • 1x two other exotics
  • Metallic:
    • 12x one precious, one corrosive, one base metal
    • 8x in two other precious, two other corrosives, two other base metals
  • Noble:
    • 12x one noble gas
    • 8x two other noble gases
    • 4x helium
    • 1x two other commons
  • Oolite:
    • 8x one rare earth, one noble gas, one base metal
    • 4x two other rare earths, two other noble gases, two other base metals
  • Plutonic:
    • 12x one base metal, one radioactive, one rare earth
    • 8x two other base metals, two other radioactives, two other rare earths
  • Primordial:
    • 8x three commons, three base metals
    • 4x six commons, six base metals
  • Radioactive:
    • 8x one radioactive
    • 4x two other radioactives
  • Redux:
    • 12x one base metal, oxygen, chlorine, sulfur, one other corrosive (bromine, fluorine, iodine)
    • 8x two other base metals
    • 8x two remaining corrosives
  • Selenic:
    • 12x two of either aluminum, calcium, or selenium; one other base metal
    • 8x six other base metals
  • Super-dense:
    • 12x lead, one other dense base metal (copper, iron, nickel, tin, zinc)
    • 8x two other dense base metals
    • 4x four other base metals
  • Ultramarine:
    • 12x one precious metal
    • 8x one corrosive, one common
    • 8x two other precious metals
    • 4x two other corrosives. two other commons
    • 1x one base metal
  • Water:
    • 12x one base metal
    • 8x two other base metals
    • 4x corrosives, radioactives
    • 1x two other corrosives, seven other radioactives


  • Yttric:
    • 20x yttrium, ytterbium
    • 8x one other base metal, one other rare earth
    • 4x two other base metals, two other rare earths