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Note how nickel looks A LOT like iron2. Cobalt looks a fair bit like one or more of the stone types. Uranium looks a lot like pretty much any ore that has a dark shadow on it. Ore detectors have a limited range and aren't quite Star Trek sensors. You may not get a "read" until you've dug into an ore deposit. In other words, if your sensor doesn't say "iron," it might be some nickel you've got there. Nickel and iron also tend to be together, so if your iron deposit has some off-shades, it could be nickel (or the other shade of iron if you're unlucky). Keep on looking, you'll find what you're after eventually.

Most of the larger (often donut-shaped) meteors have tunnels in them. Always explore those tunnels using your jetpack. Not only can they take you to deposits you won't detect on the surface, their cylindrical structure means that the ore mined in them is less-likely to fly off into space.

This picture is very helpful in visually distinguishing silver, platinum, silicon and plain-old grey rocks. Their shinyness goes in that order!

I'm pretty sure that the Ore Samples mod (by Dalden) on the Steam Workshop is where I found this picture. I assume the mod's author created the picture.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=357585716

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iron side May 7, 2024 @ 5:41am 

that is a 5 at stone5 but it does look like stones

TheBlueEon Apr 11, 2022 @ 8:52am 

Is it just me or does Stone5 Look like it says Stones

Waffletron Mk. VII Dec 24, 2021 @ 6:33am 

o r b s

Poobah Gorg  [author] Jun 14, 2021 @ 5:17pm 

The ground has different textures that I suppose the game places in different places to avoid the world(s) looking like monotone brown blobs.

SoftBreadHead Jun 14, 2021 @ 4:31pm 

5 types of stone!??!

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