So what if she’s really a Sleeper or a Drifter? Thus far she hasn’t given anyone any indication of hostile intent. If anything, she hasn’t even given us any indication that she isn’t who she says she is.
DED’s response is knee-jerk and overly harsh.
Even if she is a Sleeper agent, the only thing she’s done is come bearing an olive branch and what have we done in return? Chased her back out to null! If she turns hostile and comes with more Drifters in response, whose fault is that? Certainly not hers.
Potillot Mumnier, Exploration Agent – Caille University, Trossere
Crokite.
I have already talked about arkonor and bistot over the past few days. Today I am going to talk about a third rock type ore found only in null-sec, and that is an ore you’ve probably already at least heard about – Crokite. Crokite is another crystalline ore, but unlike Bistot isn’t formed by geodes but instead by great pressures. If we were to find it in the ground, it would have veins to mine deep underground. However, because we keep finding these nullsec ores in asteroid belts and anomolies, we had nothing to compare in that way. What makes Crokite so valuable is it is, bar none, the best resource to mine if you need Nocxium.
What is Crokite?
As I touched on a few moments ago, Crokite is a type of crystal bearing ore that provides gems. It is extremely dense, and requires refining to store as compressed ore (a process of knocking off the biggest chunks of rock slag) and then further refining in order to extract the gem itself. It has a similar density to Arkonor and Bistot, but doesn’t require the same specialized lasers or drones as Mercoxit. Crokite is also valued for its use as a decorative stone, and many of us wear bits and pieces of it as jewelry. In manufacturing, the gems are further broken down into their atomic level to yeild various minerals. It appears golden as an ore because it is a type of Beryl stone containing Nocxium, and trace amounts of Zydrine and Tritanium.
Rarity
Crokite itself isn’t as rare as Arkonor (or even Mercoxit) but because it is only found in nullsec, and then only certain conditions, it’s very difficult to drag a miner out of a belt once they find a good sized deposit of ore.
Risks Inherent in Harvesting Crokite
Needless to say, given that the ore is only found in nullsec or wormholes, the risks are the same as both Arkonor and Bistot.
What is Crokite Used For?
Crokite yeilds the mineral Nocxium, which is critical in building capsules… which is critical for capsuleers to be exactly what they are. While it also contains trace amounts of Zydrine and Tritanium, the fact that the mineral Nocxium is found in far greater quantities in Crokite than in any other ore drives the value — the whole reason miners are willing to risk their lives in its harvest — up almost as high as the value of Arkonor.
Theories on the Origin of Crokite
This is where things get interesting. While, yes, the other ores somewhat originate the same as Crokite, Crokite also has the interesting property of holding that vast amount of Nocxium I mentioned before. What makes that interesting, and different, is in how Nocxium is formed. This serves as a vital clue.
Nocxium is only formed during supernovas and by the great pressures, heat, and frisson from those supernovas. Not only is the mineral volitile, much like mercoxit, once refined from the surrounding minerals and crystals, this makes it rare. But the rarity isn’t the clue. The clue leads us to believe that, and keep in mind this is only a theory, that unlike the other ores which could come from comets or asteroid belts but that Crokite ‘hitched’ a ride with those comets. In reality, crokite is the remains of the core of a long dead volcanic planet blown apart by a sun going supernova… the space dust left in its wake.
References:
http://eve.wikia.com/wiki/Nocxium
http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/item.php?type_id=1225
http://eve.wikia.com/wiki/Crokite
https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Asteroids_and_Ore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/inside-the-earth/minerals-gems/
Staring at Asteroids 