Natural Resources
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.
Resource categories
Common
Corrosives
Base Metals
Noble Gases
Rare Earths
Precious
Radioactives
Exotics
Star Control to Star Trek planetary classifications
| Resource | Type | Category | Deposits | Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinium | element | Radioactives | ||
| Aluminum | element | Base Metals | ||
| Ammonia | compound | Common | ||
| Antimony | element | Base Metals | ||
| Argon | element | Noble Gases | ||
| Arsenic | element | Exotics | ||
| Astatine | element | Radioactives | ||
| Barium | element | Rare | ||
| Beryllium | element | Base | ||
| Bismuth | element | base | ||
| Boron | element | Common | ||
| Bromine | element | Corr | ||
| Cadmium | element | Base | ||
| Calcium | element | Base | ||
| Carbon | element | Common | ||
| Carbon Dioxide | compound | Common | ||
| Carbon Monoxide | compound | Corr | Cerium | |
| Cerium | element | |||
| Cesium | element | |||
| Chlorine | element | |||
| Chromium | element | |||
| Cobalt | element | |||
| Copper | element | |||
| Cyanoacetylene | compound | |||
| Dysprosium | element | |||
| Erbium | element | |||
| Ethanol | compound | |||
| Europium | element | |||
| Fluorine | element | |||
| Formaldehyde | compound | |||
| Formic Acid | compound | |||
| Francium | element | |||
| Gadolinium | element | |||
| Gallium | element | |||
| Germanium | element | |||
| Gold | element | |||
| Hafnium | element | |||
| Helium | element | |||
| Holmium | element | |||
| Hydrocarbon | compound | |||
| Hydrochloric Acid | compound | |||
| Hydrocyanic Cyanide | compound | |||