As the Corsair Imperium continued to explore the vast Malvadas Cloud, the artifacts that were returned to Crete for processing and export were researched by the curious. Cretan scientists determined that the artifacts extracted from a particular partition of the nebula were perhaps either of a different “era”, “style”, or “function” compared to the typical artifacts that the Empire had exported to the colonies for many years beforehand.
This in turn created a renewed binge amongst collectors of the often-illegal items, with additionally renewed outlandish claims of their capabilities; a particularly common “ability” claim amongst collectors brave enough to boast refers to the scanner-inhibiting effects of the black rocks that the artifacts often appear to be hewn from.

Rumored to be around sector G3 in the Omicron Gamma system.
Mined by Corsairs at 4x bonus.

Sells at the following places:
Trafalgar - $6906
Rochester - $8217
Kreuzberg Depot - $5796
New Berlin - $8422
New London - $10045
Planet Manhattan - $12884
Planet New Tokyo - $9016

Iridium is a dense, very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, and is the most corrosion-resistant element known to exist. It is used in multiple commercial applications, from increasing the efficiency of polymers, creating high-temperature alloys for use in fusion reactors and other high-temperature environments, to the production of antimatter and antimatter based weapons. It is a very rare material and its only known abundant source is in the Omicron Delta system.

More recently however, scout parties have discovered a deposit of raw Iridium in the vast reaches of Omicron Lost. The extent of this field is not yet known, but looks promising at least.
Rumored to be around sector G4 in the Omicron Lost system.
Mined by AI, Core, Order and Zoners at 3x bonus.

Sells at the following places:
Dortmund Station - $9327
Sicca Shipyard - $8008
Tripoli Shipyard - $6938
Valetta Shipyard - $8049
Kreuzberg Depot - $7016
Rochester - $9700
Trafalgar - $9222
Ainu Depot - $8185

Azurite is a key component in Hybrid Technology - a special case discovered only recently in Sirius. This gas has properties which give humans a working method to replicate at least basic functions performed automatically from the interior of Nomad bodies. Azurite while in its standard form is an odorless gas which has very little notable oddities besides a slight toxicity and an average conductivity rate for a gas. Because of the seemingly normal traits, it was not thought to be terribly remarkable until specific experimentation was attempted.When energy is refined into a constant voltage and current, Azurite begins to absorb the energy; the molecules begin reacting drastically and begin to bounce around in the containment system. If exposed to any sort of high-energetic matter, such as Plasma, the Azurite infuses immediately. The notable property of the new infusion is that it likes to keep its state. For example, if the Plasma was spinning in a certain shape or form, once infused it will keep the motion and shape until either the infused gas is changed automatically by the energetic matter, or forced apart by perhaps an impact.
By far the most lucrative known source of Azurite Gas is an alien structure rumored to exist in the immensely dangerous Omicron Delta Edge Nebula. According to rumor, energies radiating from within the structure convert the resident minor alien organisms inhabiting the nebula by over-infusing them with energies; this causes them to vaporize into freely-floating gaseous Azurite.

Rumored to be somewhere in the Omicron Delta edge nebula. Approach with extreme caution.
Mined by Core, Order and IRG at 3x bonus. After roleplay is done, relevant house intelligence factions can be added at 2x bonus.
Mining speed is very low.

Sells at the following places:
Kodiak Research Station - $12129
Sunderland Research Station - $14625
Kansai Research Station - $10211
Schatten Research Station - $8476
Alexandria Research Station - $7910
Durban Station - $6344