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
VeldsparHigh50000499950424800100000--
Concentrated Veldspar High50000529200446040105000--
Dense Veldspar High50000605250467280110000--
Scordite High3330062967016974522477-14985
Massive Scordite High3330062967018636927500-16483
Condensed Scordite High3330064825117892526300-15820
Plagioclase High14300536422441866159006372-
Azure Plagioclase High14300534105467033168006736-
Rich PlagioclaseHigh14300561647379326137005467-
PyroxeresHigh16700524096178003-24907470
Solid PyroxeresHigh16700482914189493-26567885
Viscous PyroxeresHigh16700443686195795-27398217
Zeolites Moon+High500673650181824-100020000
Brimful Zeolites Moon+High500779850209123-115023000
Glistening Zeolites  Moon+High5001328400331271-200040000
Bitumens Moon+High500584550211727-100015000
Coesite Moon+High500310545130251-10005000
Brimful Coesite Moon+High500319995157329-10355750
Glistening Coesite  Moon+High500626400217808-200010000
Sylvite Moon+High500415080150863-100010000

  • 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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