Cool little Selenium planet

CMDR X

CMDR X
o7 Peeps. Just wanted to share a sweet little Selenium planet I visited.

LTT 5212 ABC 5 b (Se=4.5%) (0.04 G) (ShinDez > 17.51 ly)

I usually avoid low gravity planets, for obvious reasons, but this one was different.
Being a tiny planet, the outcrops spawn really close to each other and the terrain
is nice and smooth. The driving was challenging enough to keep me from falling asleep
and it was fun catching the goodies as they gently floated to the ground. I farmed
about 25 Selenium in little over a half hour. Don't let the approach fool you. It looks
worse than Ariel from above, but the canyons are easily avoided if you choose your
touchdown wisely. The lighting and "atmosphere" is really interesting too.

Have fun X.

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CMDR X

CMDR X
Orodruin said:
My recommendation for selenium is the geo sites of LHS 417 9 E A. 4.9% Se and in total 2.5% of As and Zr means 2 out of 3 drops from crystalline fragments are selenium, but I might check this out as well when my selenium bin is not full.
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Looks good too Orodruin. Thanks!
Se 4.9% is not too shabby.
I'll fly out there tonight. o7
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[VR] Orodruin

[VR] Orodruin
CMDR X said:
Looks good too Orodruin. Thanks!
Se 4.9% is not too shabby.
I'll fly out there tonight. o7
X.
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Do not stare yourself blind on the percentage. What is really relevant is the relative percentage to the other materials in the drop category. Both in the case of your planet and the one I suggested, the other drops in the same category are arsenic and zirconium, two materials that generally have low percentages. This is good for the selenium rate as it is those materials that compete with selenium.

For example, G 181-6 B 1 c a should also work as it has the same percentages of both selenium and the other two. I have never been there, but it may be worth a visit to check out the general terrain. However, if you look at something like G 89-32 2 b a, even if it has 4.7% selenium, the selenium is instead competing with manganese and zinc, which generally have rather high percentages (in this case for a total of 6.3%) to compete with the selenium, making selenium drops less likely.
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
Orodruin said:
Do not stare yourself blind on the percentage. What is really relevant is the relative percentage to the other materials in the drop category. Both in the case of your planet and the one I suggested, the other drops in the same category are arsenic and zirconium, two materials that generally have low percentages. This is good for the selenium rate as it is those materials that compete with selenium.

For example, G 181-6 B 1 c a should also work as it has the same percentages of both selenium and the other two. I have never been there, but it may be worth a visit to check out the general terrain. However, if you look at something like G 89-32 2 b a, even if it has 4.7% selenium, the selenium is instead competing with manganese and zinc, which generally have rather high percentages (in this case for a total of 6.3%) to compete with the selenium, making selenium drops less likely.
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Excellent points CMDR, thx. I never delved into the maths of these things but what you suggest makes sense.
What do you mean by drop category? The type of rock you blast them from?
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[VR] Orodruin

[VR] Orodruin
CMDR X said:
Excellent points CMDR, thx. I never delved into the maths of these things but what you suggest makes sense.
What do you mean by drop category? The type of rock you blast them from?
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The drops from surface prospecting are split into categories (these are shown in different colours on EDDB). In regular prospecting, the different types of formations may drop from several of the categories, but within the category, the materials are distributed according to their relative percentages. If you go to a geo site, there are four types of formations (needle crystals, etc). Each of those types of formations give a single drop of a particular drop category. Crystalline fragments give a drop from group 2, which includes selenium.
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
Crank Larson said:
These reasons aren't obvious to me. Why would you avoid low gravity planets?
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On low gravity, when you shoot the rocks the mats go flying all over the place making collecting them a pain.
But since I was only after Selenium, this wasn't a problem as I would just select it in Contacts and
drive under it as it floated down. I left the others where they landed. Didn't need them.
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Dommarraa

Dommarraa
I have a different method.
Find a planet that has all the materials in the same Family. Trade Up (and down) some of the available materials before heading out, then everything you pick up is helping in your Selenium Hunt.
 

Susanna

Susanna
Orodruin said:
My recommendation for selenium is the geo sites of LHS 417 9 E A. 4.9% Se and in total 2.5% of As and Zr means 2 out of 3 drops from crystalline fragments are selenium, but I might check this out as well when my selenium bin is not full.
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Just took a trip out there (1 jump from SD). At 3.7kLs from the primary star, there isn't a lot of light to be had... :sneaky: I put down at Geo 12 as this was on the 'lit' side of the planet att (a valley floor spot for a Conda to park - otherwise very hilly and unfriendly terrain at 0.03G). Went to Geo 16 next door that was much the same terrian - pain in the butt to navigate around. I picked up around 40 odd Selenium in 30min. which I guess is OK.

Thanks for the Tip! :giggle:
 

Krash

Krash
CMDR X said:
o7 Peeps. Just wanted to share a sweet little Selenium planet I visited.

LTT 5212 ABC 5 b (Se=4.5%) (0.04 G) (ShinDez > 17.51 ly)

I usually avoid low gravity planets, for obvious reasons, but this one was different.
Being a tiny planet, the outcrops spawn really close to each other and the terrain
is nice and smooth. The driving was challenging enough to keep me from falling asleep
and it was fun catching the goodies as they gently floated to the ground. I farmed
about 25 Selenium in little over a half hour. Don't let the approach fool you. It looks
worse than Ariel from above, but the canyons are easily avoided if you choose your
touchdown wisely. The lighting and "atmosphere" is really interesting too.

Have fun X.

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I've been looking for a good source of Selenium. Thanks!
 

Susanna

Susanna
Orodruin said:
Yes, I agree that it is kind of gloomy ...
I usually go in a DBX, which has no issues finding a parking spot. ;)
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I was being lazy and didn't change ships at Shin... But yeah, a DBX would be much more suited to the terrain. I call my DBX Dubious BotoX ☺️
 
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