Asteroids and ore

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Ore is the basic material found in the various asteroid fields throughout EVE. In native form asteroid ores cannot be used, but must be refined into their constituent Minerals, which can then be used for ship and equipment manufacture.

As a rule of thumb, the refinable value of an ore increases the nearer its name is to 'A', but at the same time, the minimum units needed to refine and the volume also increase. Since mining lasers work in m3 instead of ore units, and the volume of the higher end ores is up to 400 times that of the low-end ores, it's a good idea to check prices per m3. As of Feb 2010, there was about a 10 fold difference in the amount one makes per m3 (and therefore, per time) on the best ores versus veldspar. Also, the more valuable an ore type, the further from Empire space you will need to travel to find it.

Ore can be found in asteroids of the same name and most asteroid ores can only be reprocessed in set minimum quantities. Ore is harvested from Asteroids in an Asteroid belt by using Mining Lasers. This differs from Ice, which is harvested from Ice fields by using Ice Harvesters.

Asteroid Ores

Ore found in any higher security area is also found in lower security areas of that region/faction. Ore found in 0.0 space varies wildly from system to system. However, certain ores only appear in 0.0 systems.

Roid Grid

List of ore and ice locations sorted by System Security

Amarr Quarter

This includes Amarr, Amatarr, Khanid,Blood Raider, and Sansha space.

  • 1.0 or lower: Veldspar, Scordite, Clear Icicle
  • 0.9 or lower: Pyroxeres
  • 0.7 or lower: Kernite
  • 0.4 or lower: Jaspet
  • 0.3 or lower: Glare Crust
  • 0.2 or lower: Hemorphite
  • 0.1 or lower: Dark Glitter
  • 0.0 or lower: Enriched Clear Icicle
  • 0.0 or lower: Gelidus
  • 0.0 or lower: Gneiss
  • 0.0 or lower: Spodumain
  • 0.0 or lower: Krystallos
  • 0.0 or lower: Bistot
  • 0.0 or lower: Crokite, Arkonor
  • 0.0 or lower: Mercoxit

Caldari Quarter

This includes Caldari and Gurista space.

  • 1.0 or lower: Veldspar, Scordite, White Glaze
  • 0.9 or lower: Pyroxeres
  • 0.7 or lower: Plagioclase
  • 0.4 or lower: Kernite
  • 0.3 or lower: Glare Crust
  • 0.2 or lower: Hedbergite
  • 0.1 or lower: Dark Glitter
  • 0.0 or lower: Pristine White Glaze
  • 0.0 or lower: Gelidus
  • 0.0 or lower: Dark Ochre
  • 0.0 or lower: Krystallos, Crokite, Spodumain
  • 0.0 or lower: Mercoxit
  • 0.0 or lower: Bistot

Gallente Quarter

  • This includes Gallente and Serpentis space.
  • 1.0 or lower: Veldspar, Scordite, Blue Ice
  • 0.9 or lower: Plagioclase
  • 0.7 or lower: Omber
  • 0.4 or lower: Jaspet
  • 0.3 or lower: Glare_crustGlare Crust
  • 0.2 or lower: Hemorphite
  • 0.0 or lower: Thick Blue Ice
  • 0.0 or lower: Gelidus
  • 0.0 or lower: Dark Ochre
  • 0.0 or lower: Crokite, BistotBistot
  • 0.0 or lower: Krystallos
  • 0.0 or lower: Mercoxit
  • 0.0 or lower: Arkonor

Minmatar Quarter

This includes Minmatar and Angel space.

  • 1.0 or lower: Veldspar, Scordite, Glacial Mass
  • 0.9 or lower: Plagioclase
  • 0.7 or lower: Omber
  • 0.4 or lower: Kernite
  • 0.3 or lower: Glare crust
  • 0.2 or lower: Hedbergite
  • 0.1 or lower: Dark Glitter
  • 0.0 or lower: Smooth Glacial Mass
  • 0.0 or lower: Gelidus
  • 0.0 or lower: Spodumain
  • 0.0 or lower: Bistot, GneissGneiss
  • 0.0 or lower: Krystallos
  • 0.0 or lower: Arkonor
  • 0.0 or lower: Mercoxit

Density

This table lists ore and higher density ore names.

Ore 5% Variation 10% Variation
Veldspar Concentrated Veldspar Dense Veldspar
Scordite Condensed Scordite Massive Scordite
Pyroxeres Solid Pyroxeres Viscous Pyroxeres
Plagioclase Azure Plagioclase Rich Plagioclase
Omber Silvery Omber Golden Omber
Kernite Luminous Kernite Fiery Kernite
Jaspet Pure Jaspet Pristine Jaspet
Hemorphite Vivid Hemorphite Radiant Hemorphite
Hedbergite Vitric Hedbergite Glazed Hedbergite
Gneiss Iridescent Gneiss Prismatic Gneiss
Dark Ochre Onyx Ochre Obsidian Ochre
Spodumain Bright Spodumain Gleaming Spodumain
Crokite Sharp Crokite Crystalline Crokite
Bistot Triclinic Bistot Monoclinic Bistot
Arkonor Crimson Arkonor Prime Arkonor
Mercoxit Magma Mercoxit Vitreous Mercoxit

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