Quick Question About Mining Missions

Is this accurate:

The only ore/chemicals that appear for mining missions are ones that cannot be bought as commodities, correct?

The list of mine-only ore/chemicals are:
Painite
Platinum
Praseodymium
Samarium
Low Temp Diamond
Bromelite
Lith Hydroxide
Meth Mono Crystals
Hydro Peroxide
Meth Clathrate

Can ALL of these appear in mining missions? Also, are these the ONLY ones that appear in mining missions?

Are there any on that list that don't appear for missions?
 
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Mining Missions typically include Osmium, Samarium and Praseodymium for Metallic Mining and MC, MMHC, Water, and Bro for the ice mining. I'm not sure about Rocky or Metal Rich Mining of which I avoid because it isn't profitable.
 
I remember seeing Painite and Platinum missions as well, few months ago. Are those gone?
 
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There are mining missions for Cobalt:

Cobalt where do you mine it

It is found only in rocky rings and belt clusters. Cobalt that is bought from markets may also be delivered for the mission. This applies to many of the others too.

edit - Cobalt mining missions are still a thing :)
 
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Thank you to all of you for the info. I have begun reconstruction of my mining tool, accommodating mining mission payouts.
 
Mining missions on offer also change by state.

For example Boom gives osmium, meth crystals and bromellite while expansion you'll see samarium and praseodymium missions on offer.
 
Yes, some of those lower-end commodities can be mined for missions too.

I'm capping off the ore selection in the tool at Gallite (up to LT Diamond), however.

I didn't quite realize system states had an effect on mining missions. Good to know.
 
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But water is nowhere hear as common as it should be in ice rings [where is it] I wonder just what the other 70% of the ice roids are made of.

Probably the same stuff that the leftover mass of "metallic" asteriods is made of. Logically, it should be iron and nickel. We should be able to get tens of thousands of tonnes of iron and nickel out if a "metallic asteroid". Instead, all we get are a few [grams], or [ounces], or [whatever unit it is that 1000 of them don't add up to anywhere near 1 tonne].
 
Probably the same stuff that the leftover mass of "metallic" asteriods is made of. Logically, it should be iron and nickel. We should be able to get tens of thousands of tonnes of iron and nickel out if a "metallic asteroid". Instead, all we get are a few [grams], or [ounces], or [whatever unit it is that 1000 of them don't add up to anywhere near 1 tonne].

The Iron, Nickel and Carbon could be specific isotopes. Why I don't know, but it would explain rarity. Doesn't help with the water.
 
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