Module:Data/Mining/Commodities

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Data/Mining/Commodities/doc

return {
	{
		key = "laser-targets",
		label = "Common laser-mining targets",
		examples = { "Platinum", "Painite", "Osmium", "Praseodymium" },
		source = "Generally found as asteroid fragments and refined into cargo.",
		notes = "This is a planning group, not a ranked money list; sell price and demand must be checked at the time of the run."
	},
	{
		key = "core-targets",
		label = "Common core-mining targets",
		examples = { "Void Opals", "Low Temperature Diamonds", "Alexandrite", "Monazite", "Musgravite", "Benitoite", "Serendibite", "Rhodplumsite" },
		source = "Found in crackable core asteroids and collected from exposed deposits after detonation.",
		notes = "A hotspot helps search for a target commodity, but commanders still need to identify suitable core asteroids."
	},
	{
		key = "subsurface-surface-targets",
		label = "Deposit-based targets",
		examples = { "Tritium", "Low Temperature Diamonds", "Bromellite", "Methane Clathrate" },
		source = "Collected from surface or sub-surface deposits depending on the asteroid and equipment used.",
		notes = "Deposit labels come from prospecting/targeting the asteroid rather than from the commodity market screen alone."
	},
	{
		key = "materials-and-byproducts",
		label = "Materials and by-products",
		examples = { "Engineering materials", "lower-value minerals", "mixed fragments" },
		source = "Collected alongside or instead of the intended commodity during normal mining.",
		notes = "Procedures should cover ignoring unwanted fragments and clearing refinery bins so by-products do not stall the run."
	}
}