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Quartz

Ship Mining

A chiral crystal composed of silicon and oxygen that can be found in a wide variety of forms and colors.

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Numerics

Category
Ship Mining
Approx. value
≈ 4,276 aUEC / SCU
Approximate UEX sell price — varies with gameplay & location
Resistance
-0.70
Higher → harder to break
Instability
50
Higher → window jitters more
Optimal-window centre
0.60
0.0 (left) … 1.0 (right) of the charge bar
Centre randomness
0.10
Window thinness
0.50
Positive → tighter window; negative → wider
Explosion multiplier
-20
Yield bonus / penalty if you blow it
Cluster factor
0.90
Child-rock spawn rate (0–1)

Where this ore sits across the dataset

Resistance-0.70
Instability50
Window thinness0.50
Explosion multiplier-20

Where to mine — 19 sites

Straight from the game records. Each row is a deposit type you can scan at that body — how much of the rock is this ore, and how much of what spawns there is that deposit.

  • Stanton system · 12 sites
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quartz (Raw) rock35% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quartz (Raw) rock26% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quartz (Raw) rock26% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quartz (Raw) rock35% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quartz (Raw) rock26% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quartz (Raw) rock26% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock33% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock33% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange C
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock24% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock22% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange A
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange F
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock18% of what spawns here
  • Pyro system · 7 sites
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quartz (Raw) rock35% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Deep Space Asteroids
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Quartz (Raw) rock15% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quartz (Raw) rock35% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Deep Space Asteroids
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Quartz (Raw) rock15% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock33% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock27% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      2–5% of a Hephaestanite (R) rock27% of what spawns here

Found in 2 rock types

Each card shows the rock's full composition. Sorted by your ore's expected yield — the first row is the rock you'll see this ore in most often.

  • Quartz (Raw)~8.7%
    • Quartz ◀28.3–78.3%
    • Quartz ◀5.7–11.7%
    • Hephaestanite2–5%
    • Silicon2–5%
  • Hephaestanite (R)~3.5%
    • Hephaestanite39.18–83.18%
    • Hephaestanite2.82–6.82%
    • Quartz ◀2–5%
    • Silicon2–5%