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
VeldsparHigh50000507150353700100000--
Concentrated Veldspar High50000502200371385105000--
Dense Veldspar High50000545400389070110000--
Scordite High3330060659314133522477-14985
Massive Scordite High3330060659315517727500-16483
Condensed Scordite High3330064195714897826300-15820
Plagioclase High14300471943801788159006372-
Azure Plagioclase High14300471686847482168006736-
Rich PlagioclaseHigh14300493822688057137005467-
PyroxeresHigh16700469537317751-24907470
Solid PyroxeresHigh16700452854338591-26567885
Viscous PyroxeresHigh16700497493349512-27398217
Zeolites Moon+High500626850218473-100020000
Brimful Zeolites Moon+High500702900251265-115023000
Glistening Zeolites  Moon+High5001239750410844-200040000
Bitumens Moon+High500522000245756-100015000
Coesite Moon+High500288810181507-10005000
Brimful Coesite Moon+High500338895223716-10355750
Glistening Coesite  Moon+High500554400323248-200010000
Sylvite Moon+High500363510184067-100010000

  • 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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