Does core spawn density varies from ring to ring(hotspot to hotspot)?

[mercury___7]

I started to do core mining with a big enthusiasm, hearing that it's rewarding and it's very fun. Although, I'm trying to mine Alexendrite in an Alexendrite hotspot, in 1 hour, I am only able to find 1 cores. I do check clearly and I am very familiar with the shape of that specific Asteroid(Icy in this case). There are very few yellow-glowing asteroids and a very low percentage of them are cores. May it be because of the place I'm trying to mine? Or is it the case with Alexendrite or Icy rings? I tried another hotspot within the same ring and it's the same (tried for LTD and Alexendrite). May it be related to the planet?

If that's always the case and people are mining with this density, I'm not sure why they called it rewarding. There's a very good design on doing core mining but if search takes 95% of the effort, it would be very awkward.

I'm looking forward to hear about your suggestions.

 

[Vedmo]

Last I knew hotspots increased the chance of any core found being of the respective mineral, and for core mining reserve level of the ring did not matter. If you aren’t seeing much of the hotspot mineral it could be you are just missing them (I’m not in practice now and my last attempt was pathetic compared to what I used to be able to do), or someone else had recently mined the same spot. They will repopulate after some amount of time.

 

[Darrack]

I started to do core mining with a big enthusiasm, hearing that it's rewarding and it's very fun. Although, I'm trying to mine Alexendrite in an Alexendrite hotspot, in 1 hour, I am only able to find 1 cores. I do check clearly and I am very familiar with the shape of that specific Asteroid(Icy in this case). There are very few yellow-glowing asteroids and a very low percentage of them are cores. May it be because of the place I'm trying to mine? Or is it the case with Alexendrite or Icy rings? I tried another hotspot within the same ring and it's the same (tried for LTD and Alexendrite). May it be related to the planet?

If that's always the case and people are mining with this density, I'm not sure why they called it rewarding. There's a very good design on doing core mining but if search takes 95% of the effort, it would be very awkward.

I'm looking forward to hear about your suggestions.

I do a lot of core mining, there is no magic formula, on a good day you can run through a hotspot and come across a lot of cores to mine, on another day in the same spot you can boost for ages before finding one.
After a while you get to recognise the shape of the rock and how bright the yellow glow is, after that things do speed up.
The only thing the density of the ring effects is the amount of rocks (denser means more of them), i have never noticed any increase in the amount of cores but in theory more rocks should mean more chance.

O7

 

[mercury___7]

Thank you I'll try other spots

 

[Neilski]

After a while you get to recognise the shape of the rock and how bright the yellow glow is, after that things do speed up.

Yes, this is key. Different minerals mean differently shaped rocks; IIRC for any given mineral there is only ONE shape of rock with a core. YouTube videos and websites exist which will show you which shape to look for, but do also take a screen shot of how it looks on your own screen @mercury___7, once you find one, because renderings and glow colourings will differ a bit from one GPU/driver/settings combo to another.

I'm also now remembering that the PWS got kinda broken a few years ago which made it considerably harder to work out which rocks were "really" glowing. FD being FD, I guess this hasn't been fixed yet...

 

[Sheetrock]

I do core mining in the black and most times I'm the first to discover the ring, so they are absolutely pristine. I'm focused on icy rings, at the moment, and I'm at a Grandidierite double overlap hotspot. I'm easily finding cores at a rate of 2 ~ 4 per 1/2 hour (more or less). Here's a few observations - not sure that these will help, but here it goes:

• cores are variable: in the double overlap Grandidierite spot, I'm finding Low Temperature Diamond, Void Opal, and Bromellite cores. Combined they outnumber the Grandidierite cores
• the cores all have the same general rock shape. I thought that cores in any given ring have EXACTLY the same shape, but looking at Cmdr Neilski's comment above, it would seem that cores have exactly the same shape for any given mineral. I think I'm seeing that, but not quite sure
• I get that glows/renderings differ from computer to computer; on my computer all cores are bright yellow - therefore I specifically look for that yellow glow
• despite being fairly vigilant, I think I'm missing cores - those on the peripheral are easy to miss
• on a single (no overlap) hotspot, I think I'm seeing 1 ~ 3 per 1/2 hour; I suspect that number is highly variable depending on the system/planetary body
• regardless of the hotspot, the pulse wave scanner reveals numerous glowing asteroids - just not the right colour/intensity or shape. In 1/2 hour I think I'm seeing 50 or so, double or single hotspot. I'm guessing that if you are not seeing significant numbers of glowing thingies, it is probably the ring
• I don't know if this makes a difference, but on a Youtube video the author said to stay within 100 kms of the hotspot, so I'm doing that - I'm don't know if that makes a difference
• if I had one suggestion, pack lots of limpets and shoot them at glowing things.

Finally, it really helps to get a ways away from the bubble (imo). Unfortunately that involves exploration to find a suitable ring, and then a means to get there with a mining ship (I have a Fleet Carrier). At the moment I'm 1,200 light years away, but have found systems within 400 lys. I haven't looked that hard and still consider myself a newbie at this, so presumably there are lots within a few jumps.

Good luck!!