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Elements

Elements comprise the minerals, metals, and other naturally-occurring substances that exist as resources. The below table indicates whether or not the element is normally found as diffuse minerals, found in veins of ore (metals), or stand out from the either two as radioactive. Additionally, those that crystallize into gemstones and industrial crystals are also identified under the type column. The known usages for each are provided, as well as their rarity; normal metals are those classified as "very common," "common," or "standard," while "rare" and "very rare" are considered to be special metals.

Element	Type	Usage	Rarity
Antimonium	mineral	flame retardant and battery alloy	standard
Bakrinium	mineral		standard
Boridium	mineral	energy cells, edged tools/weapons	standard
Cormaline	mineral		common
Cormalite	mineral		common
Cortenum	mineral	warp nacelles	standard
Deuterium	mineral (gas/slush)	hydrogen isotope used with tritium for warp reactor fuel (mined: stars, gas giants)	common
Fortanium	mineral	space stations	standard
Germanium	mineral	transistors	standard
Magnesite	mineral	antimatter radiation buffer in warp reactors; interference from scans, beams, and transporters	standard
Noranium	mineral	various alloys	very common
Topaline	mineral	(early) life support systems	very rare
Trevium	mineral	light sources	standard
Trimagnesite	mineral	light sources	standard
Verterium	mineral	warp nacelles	common
Bernicium	mineral	replicators	rare
Feldomite	mineral	valuable trading commodity	rare
Fistrium	mineral	interference of sensor readings
Gallicite	mineral	warp coils	rare (but large deposits)
Invidium	mineral	medical stasis fields (thru 23rd c.); very dangerous	rare
Kelbonite	mineral	deflecting/interference of scans, beams, and transporters	standard
Ladarium	mineral	warp drives	standard
Ryetalyn	mineral	drug to treat Rigelian fever	rare
Trellium-A	mineral		very common
Trellium-D	mineral	hull insulation (from certain anomalies), but damaging to Vulcan neural pathways	rare
Uridium	mineral	starships and sensor arrays; unstable	rare
Vendarite	mineral	trading commodity	rare
Zemite	mineral	treats plant diseases	very rare
Kemocite	radioactive	large-scale energy weapons; other (unknown) uses	standard
Pergium	radioactive	life-support equipment	standard
Tritium	radioactive	mixed with deuterium for warp reactor fuel
Tritonium	radioactive	tracking devices and to interfere with scans	standard
Uranium	radioactive	fuel for fission reactors	standard

Alloys

These are manufactured metals and do not occur naturally.

• Baakonite: edged tools and weapons
• Beritium: valuable; atmospheric craft
• Cortenide: light-weight casings
• Diamide: atmospheric craft
• Ditanium: trans-atmospheric hulls (such as shuttlecraft)
• Duritanium: provides protection from explosions in starship (and shuttlecraft) hulls and (later) casings of small objects
• Ermanium: shuttlecraft
• Paricium: space installations (out of favor by 24th c.)
• Terminium: hull casing for photon torpedoes
• Tetraburnium: hulls of trans-atmospheric crafts and probes designed for high pressure and heat (such as in a gas giant)
• Toranium: space installations, usually of a military nature

Compounds

These items are combinations of elements that manufactured to forms other than hard metals, such as chemically as drugs, fuels, or explosives, or as alloys for batteries and other manufactured products.