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
VeldsparHigh50000517500355500100000--
Concentrated Veldspar High50000534150373275105000--
Dense Veldspar High50000562950391050110000--
Scordite High3330092757214205422477-14985
Massive Scordite High3330092757215596627500-16483
Condensed Scordite High3330095904014973726300-15820
Plagioclase High14300528571446505159006372-
Azure Plagioclase High14300576833471940168006736-
Rich PlagioclaseHigh14300605662383264137005467-
PyroxeresHigh16700604206178944-24907470
Solid PyroxeresHigh16700586170190553-26567885
Viscous PyroxeresHigh16700661320196830-27398217
Zeolites Moon+High5001005750194379-100020000
Brimful Zeolites Moon+High5001231200223579-115023000
Glistening Zeolites  Moon+High5002106000336034-200040000
Bitumens Moon+High500869850221105-100015000
Coesite Moon+High500420165137229-10005000
Brimful Coesite Moon+High500467550165673-10355750
Glistening Coesite  Moon+High500844200224982-200010000
Sylvite Moon+High500628650156698-100010000

  • 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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