In EVE Online, each type of ore refines into one or more mineral, so for example, Veldspar regardless of type (Concentrated, Dense, etc) will always refine 100% into Tritanium.
While the information page for each ore will tell you what it breaks down into, this is pretty vague and will result in something like the following;
With a large portion of nocxium the Hemorphite is always a good find. It is common enough that even novice miners can expect to run into it. Hemorphite also has a bit of tritanium, pyerite, mexallon and isogen as well as trace amounts of Zydrine. It requires 500 ore units to refine.
I'm more specifically interested in a breakdown for each ore of the following;
- How much ore is required to refine
- What the mineral composition of each type of ore is
- How much of each mineral you will get by refining
3 Answers
As per the Evelopedia, this is the composition of all ores in their base variation and at 100% efficiency. The numbers denote batch size and output respectively.
Arkonor - 200
Bistot - 200
Crokite - 250
Mercoxit - 250
- 530 (100%) Morphite
Spodumain - 250
Plagioclase - 333
Pyroxeres - 333
Scordite - 333
Veldspar - 333
- 1000 (100%) Tritanium
Dark Ochre - 400
Gneiss - 400
Kernite - 400
Hedbergite - 500
Hemorphite - 500
- 212 (~12.97%) Isogen
- 60 (~3.67%) Mexallon
- 424 (~25.95%) Nocxium
- 650 (~39.78%) Tritanium
- 260 (~15.91%) Pyerite
- 28 (~1.71%) Zydrine
Jaspet - 500
Omber - 500
For further values (such as those for other ore variations), there is also a spreadsheet on the Evelopedia. Please note: This spreadsheet is currently outdated as per the Odyssey expansion.
3All of the values below are assuming the following;
- Perfect mining yield (so no minerals are lost in the refining process)
- Enough standing with the corporation whose station you're using to refine (so they don't take any ore off you)
In addition to the below, each type of ore comes in three variants, one which yields +5% to the above figures (for example, Concentrated Veldspar, Pure Jaspet, Iridescent Gneiss, etc) and one which yields +10% to the above figures (for example Dense Veldspar, Pristine Jaspet, Prismatic Gneiss, etc). These are clearly marked on the information pages for the ore itself.
Legend
Batch Batch size for refining TRI Tritanium PYE Pyrite MEX Mexallon ISO Isogen NOC Nocxium ZYD Zydrine MEG Megacyte MOR Morphite Refining Outputs
Batch TRI PYE MEX ISO NOC ZYD MEG MOR Veldspar 333 1000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Scordite 333 833 416 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Pyroxeres 333 844 59 120 N/A 11 N/A N/A N/A Plagioclase 333 256 512 256 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Omber 500 307 123 N/A 307 N/A N/A N/A N/A Kernite 400 386 N/A 773 386 N/A N/A N/A N/A Jaspet 500 259 259 518 N/A 259 8 N/A N/A Hemorphite 500 650 260 60 212 424 28 N/A N/A Hedbergite 500 N/A N/A N/A 708 354 32 N/A N/A Gneiss 400 3700 N/A 3700 700 N/A 137 N/A N/A Dark Ochre 400 25200 N/A N/A N/A 500 250 N/A N/A Crokite 250 38000 N/A N/A N/A 331 663 N/A N/A Spodumain 250 71000 9000 N/A N/A N/A N/A 140 N/A Bistot 200 12000 N/A N/A N/A N/A 341 170 N/A Arkanor 200 10000 N/A N/A N/A N/A 166 333 N/A Mercoxit 250 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 530 Of course, all values assume perfect refining skills.
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