Starfield:Resources

Resources are natural or manufactured items collected from various sources that allow crafting and research. They are sometimes called materials when used as consumables for a recipe.

Categories, Rarity and Families
categories by resources origin :
 * Inorganic resources are typically bare chemical elements or simple compounds. They are found on planetary surfaces. (Some of these resources are organic in a technical sense.)
 * Organic resources are found on plants or animals.
 * Manufactured resources can be found in inhabited locations, or fabricated from mineral and organic resources.

All categories can also be acquired from merchants.

categories by resources rarity:

Each resource has a rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Exotic, or Unique. In game, this is indicated by a number of diamonds (◆) next to the item formula during planet scanning and harvesting, or on the right side pane of the inventory.

Resources Families: Resources are classified into families in which they appear together on surface. Family is a line of resources of different rarities, starting from common, with 1 resource per rarity. Resources Family take name after first resource in line, e.g. Chlorine family (Chlorine, Chlorosilanes, Lithium, Xenon, Caesium)

Inorganic Resources
Inorganic resources are often referred to by their element symbol or chemical formula (some of them fictional).

Organic Resources
Organic resources are found on plants or animals