Resources/Resources III
- Note: this page is in the process of being built from several sources, most notable the SFC scratchpad of the same subject. When the primary references (listed below) have been fully data-mined, then this note should be removed.
The System Generator and Report application provides a Resource Availability report of an orbital body in these categories:
- Normal Metals
- Special Metals
- Radioactives
- Gem Stones
- Industrial Crystals
It does not provide any indication of elements present in a scan, unless they are noted for their presence as elemental ores (ex: gold) or as mineral deposits (ex: topaline). The following sections categorize all known resources (elemental or mineral) into one of the above categories, and should indicate whether they are elemental or mineral, by nature. (The use of the term "metals" is meant to be synonymous with "element" or "mineral", where an elemental ore is comprised of the single element and a mineral deposit is a compound of two or more different elements bonded together chemically.)
Manufactured compounds and (presently) unorganized substances are categorized in their own sections.
- Note: Most mineral names end in -ite or -ine.
Natural Resources
Normal Metals
Normal metals are are elemental ores or mineral deposits that accumulate in a common or not-rare