Name that Mineral!

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    There is a change coming to the metals in Starmade!

    Along with the new planet shapes, we are taking this opportunity to revamp the mineral generation system the game uses to better fit a streamlined cubatom/factory crafting system (aimed at solving many current issues with crafting.)

    What does this mean for you? It means that you will now find veins of ores or crystal embedded in the rock beneath your feet. No longer will you simply mine any one of sixteen randomly named metals with an odd density level of L1-L5. Now you will simply discover clusters of an ore and crystal types embedded in the stone.

    When mined, these deposits relinquish their treasures while the stone substrate remains unbroken. Further mining will harvest the stone itself. Once you have obtained these precious resources, you will be able to refine them into pure cubatoms! These may then be used further in your expanded factory system (more on that later.)

    Now, here is the really fun part, we've decided to let the community suggest potential names for these new instantiations of mineable minerals!

    Here's what we need to name;
    • Eight new ore/metal cubatoms
    • Eight new shard/crystal cubatoms
    These names will cover their cubatom resource form, their stone embedded form and their ingot/block form.

    Thanks to Kupu i have some sample textures of what the sixteen new cubatom types will look like in their ingot (a placeable block) form.

    **Kupu is making these specific images as I write this, I will post, then update the sample images here**

    To submit your names to be considered, please use this format and comment below. You can list either set, or both, but be sure to label which set goes to which class of mineral.

    Ores or Crystals
    1. White - Name
    2. Black - Name
    3. Purple - Name
    4. Blue - Name
    5. Green - Name
    6. Yellow - Name
    7. Orange - Name
    8. Red - Name
     

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    They do not all follow your color requests
    As a reference :
    Grey - Unobtainium (Avatar)
    Pink - Seraph Crystals (Borderlands 2)
    Red - Vraccasium ("Die Zwerge" book series)

    From latin:
    Any color - Conjuncturanium (eng. complex)

    All I have for now. I will post additional suggestions the moment they arrive at my brain :D
     
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    (All names entirely fictional, based on the idea that we're not using standard materials found on earth, since there could be many more in the galaxy, infinitely more useful than our own)
    Ores
    1. White - Khyrite
    2. Black - Ditathite
    3. Purple - Orvonium
    4. Blue - Kellametite
    5. Green - Ellornium
    6. Yellow - Barsillium
    7. Orange - Nichtrium
    8. Red - Grisdite
    Crystals
    1. White - Gossam
    2. Black - Morn
    3. Purple - Jadis
    4. Blue - Indor
    5. Green - Verdal
    6. Yellow - Orpule
    7. Orange - Tangan
    8. Red - Cyridine
     

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    Alright so these are mostly jokes for the moment, but I can make a more serious post later. For now a couple ideas I've had for Ores:


    • White - Raibenite
    • Black - Dalmium
    • Purple - Tominite
    • Blue - Calbium
    • Green - Schemanite
    • Yellow - Omnitite
    • Orange - Kupate
    • Red - Saberanium ;)
     
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    Ores (Metals)
    1. White - Cyrstallium
    2. Black - Tungsten (hey, it's a bit of familiar stuff for some. And it would be great for armor IRL)
    3. Purple - Auraxium (reference to Plantetside 2, a favorite FPS of mine)
    4. Blue - Azurium
    5. Green - Terrarium
    6. Yellow - Sulfurium
    7. Orange - Ferrium
    8. Red - Roxium (alternatively, incedium)
    Trying to think of good crystal names. If the ores/crystals have any special geometries in their design that might change a few things.
     
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    facebooktanium (joke)

    Phosphorus Pherium (red)
     
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    1. White - Schematalium
    2. Black - Batman
    3. Purple - (dunno)
    4. Blue - (dunno)
    5. Green - Borite
    6. Yellow - teelite
    7. Orange - tinglium
    8. Red - Phosphorus Pherite
     
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    White 1. Schemaxeon
    Black 2. Kuputanium
    Purple 3. Omniron
    Blue 4. Calbirium
    Green 5. Dukethium
    Yellow 6. Wedtmdenum
    Orange 7. pholopalusthium
    Red 8. Warsonganese

    more fun suggestions :D
    9. Furbolinium
    10. Spockohrium
    11. Resbayllium
    12. Firetonium-219
    13. Tadpolymium
     
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    Accidently double posted something that wasn't in format
     
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    White 1. Positonium
    Black 2. Nullganese
    Purple 3. Mushiron
    Blue 4. Balthranium
    Green 5. Vegthium
    Yellow 6. Stodenium
    Orange 7. Oryanthium
    Red 8. Rissenenthium
     
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    Ore/Metal:
    1. White - Neutronium Ore/Neutronium
    2. Black - Infused Hematite/Fusion Iron
    3. Purple - Resbalite/Resbarium
    4. Blue - Samariite/Tominitic Samarium
    5. Green - Cidanium Ore/Cidanium
    6. Yellow - Corite/Corium
    7. Orange - Adronite/Adronium
    8. Red - Hexalithite/Hexalithium
    Crystal:
    1. White - Neutrine
    2. Black - Kupurium
    3. Purple - Calbirite
    4. Blue - Schemaxite or Schemazite
    5. Green - Arizite
    6. Yellow - Energized Sulfurite
    7. Orange - Cirdine
    8. Red - Schinite
     
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    Here's some names that can work on any colour so to say. I am not perfect at English so keep that in mind.
    The names are also straight out my mind hehehe, hope you don't mind pagan speak!

    Ores/metal
    unobtainable - Nitium, most common substance. (Nitium + Enium = Nite)
    unobtainable - Enium, second most common substance. (Nite can both oxidise and reduces, the nite particle is so small that it will escape EVERYTHING, the only way to get it is to have it react with something)
    1 White - Crenite/Crenium (From create)
    2 Black - Ädleric (Ä prnou. hair = här, Ädle-rick, found pure.)
    3 Purple - Lilium (From a Swedish word which I am not letting you look up muhahaha)
    4 Blue - Brite/Brr (Br-nite)
    5 Green - SXylite or Shxylite/Sxyfium (Shxylmite, try saying that with a straight face, Shxyl is pron. as skyll in Swedish)
    6 Yellow -CrenitePhurith/Pruithium (Most common one?)
    7 Orange - Orbrite/Orethium
    8 Red - Therrium (What can red have for name, hmm, thermite is cool and burns as hell, wait thermite? common in crystals but not necceserly harvestable in that state)
    Crystals
    1 White - OrbiteRrium
    2 Black - SXylitCrenit
    3 Purple - PruithiumBrite
    4 Blue - Pruitherr
    5 Green - CreniumTherrium
    6 Yellow - CreniumdiNiteBrr
    7 Orange -SxyfiumTherrium
    8 Red - OrethiumTriPruithium
     
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    I've got a few ideas
    1. White crystal - Spectrite
    2. Black crystal - Anti-Spectrite
    3. Purple rock - Puttium
    4. Blue crystal - Methite (Crystal meth-ite?...)
    5. Orange rock/crystal - Melangeium (The spice MUST flow!)
    6. Red Rock - Crimsium
     
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    I'm not too sure how seriously you should take this list.

    Ores:
    1. White - Apertrium (Aperture science)
    2. Black - Nyx (Greek goddess of night)
    3. Purple - Visium (Vis = energy in latin)
    4. Blue - Oceanum (Ocean = water = blue association)
    5. Green - Copper (No really. Maybe Malachite.)
    6. Yellow - Thundrite (Thunder = lightning = yellow association)
    7. Orange - Unknown ore (Because nobody knows everything, right?)
    8. Red - Thornite (Thorn = rose = red)
    Crystals:
    1. White - Shryx (Because I can make up words)
    2. Black - Kurozuishou (Japan!)
    3. Purple - Night Glass (Hey, people name things weirdly all the time.)
    4. Blue - Copper(II) Sulphate (Chemistry!)
    5. Green - Draccis (Draco = Dragon = green association)
    6. Yellow - GoldStone (I call it as I see it)
    7. Orange - Telephim (Orange Telecom Company)
    8. Red - Hyperios (
      Of Hyperion we are told that he was the first to understand, by diligent attention and observation, the movement of both the sun and the moon and the other stars, and the seasons as well, in that they are caused by these bodies, and to make these facts known to others; and that for this reason he was called the father of these bodies, since he had begotten, so to speak, the speculation about them and their nature.

      Diodorus Siculus (5.67.1))
    (That means Hyperion is kinda known as father of the stars)
    (No really)
     
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