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Quartz

Ship Miningslug: quartz

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

Numerics

Category
Ship Mining
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 — 5 sites

Community-curated mining locations. Each row shows the body, mining method, and this ore's expected share within the rock group at that location. Sorted by best yield first.

  • Stanton system · 3 sites
    • MoonShip Mining
      35% within group · group spawn Always
    • MoonShip Mining
      26% within group · group spawn Always
    • MoonShip Mining
      26% within group · group spawn Always
  • Pyro system · 2 sites
    • PlanetShip Mining
      35% within group · group spawn Always
    • Pyro Deep Space Asteroids
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      15% within group · group spawn 10%

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)~4.8%
    • Quartz ◀39.18–83.18%
    • Quartz ◀2.82–6.82%
    • Hephaestanite2–5%
    • Silicon2–5%
  • Hephaestanite (Raw)~3.5%
    • Hephaestanite39.18–83.18%
    • Hephaestanite2.82–6.82%
    • Quartz ◀2–5%
    • Silicon2–5%