The goal is to determine the most efficient ore for mining, either in terms of a specific mineral or monetary gain.

We devised the Magerita test, using a basic Venture and an unskilled Alpha clone, to establish a fundamental baseline upon which all ship bonuses and player skills are founded.

Short version

  • Raw ISK: Dense Veldspar, Concentrated Veldspar, Veldspar
  • Reprocessed ISK: Brimful Zeolites (Moon+), Dense Veldspar, Zeolites (Moon+), Concentrated Veldspar
  • EverMarks or SP: Veldspar (more easy to find and has the largest item-count)
  • Tritanium: Massive Scordite, Condensed Scordite, Azure Plagioclase, Plagioclase, Concentrated Veldspar
  • Mexallon: Azure Plagioclase, Plagioclase
  • Pyerite: Brimful Zeolites (Moon+), Zeolites (Moon+), Massive Scordite

In Detail

NameSecCount (5k m3)Raw ISK (5k m3)Refined (50%)TritaniumMexallonPyerite
VeldsparHigh50000605700394200100000--
Concentrated Veldspar High50000621000413910105000--
Dense Veldspar High50000656100433620110000--
Scordite High3330055714215751822477-14985
Massive Scordite High3330055714217294427500-16483
Condensed Scordite High3330063896016603726300-15820
Plagioclase High14300966280815110159006372-
Azure Plagioclase High143001045688861560168006736-
Rich PlagioclaseHigh143001082624699509137005467-
PyroxeresHigh16700868433323466-24907470
Solid PyroxeresHigh16700822141344653-26567885
Viscous PyroxeresHigh16700919836355798-27398217
Zeolites Moon+High500984600367448-100020000
Brimful Zeolites Moon+High5001149750422682-115023000
Glistening Zeolites  Moon+High5002103750590064-200040000
Bitumens Moon+High500887400374602-100015000
Coesite Moon+High500560700271263-10005000
Brimful Coesite Moon+High500657000327133-10355750
Glistening Coesite  Moon+High5001109250429166-200010000
Sylvite Moon+High500697950271949-100010000

  • all values based on “one Venture load” (5000 m3)
  • Raw Price: the Compressed Counterpart of the raw ore based at 90% of Jita. (prices update near realtime)
  • Refined: sum of all Mineral sells based at 90% of Jita. (prices update near realtime)
  • Reprocessing done at 50% yield
  • Percentages are compared to the “base material”
  • Ship used: Basic Venture with EP-S Mining Lasers and a Mining Laser Upgrade I
  • Pilot flying: Alpha Clone with minimal Skills to fly the Ship

 

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