With many minerals and materials, including latinum. Of the Maxia Zeta star system were discovered to be richly endowed ( DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)Ī Federation survey of the Davon system sometime before 2348 found Such crystals typically formed near pockets of nickel, iron, Latinum was found naturally in the form of crystals which can be Regarding its sources, some info comes from licensed but non-canon works, summarized in the relevant Memory Beta entry:
Latinum was a rare silver-colored liquid metalĪFAIK, neither its exact nature (and why it cannot be replicated) nor its sources are mentioned in the canon works (this seems to be the consensus of a relevant Reddit thread, too), and arguably this is the reason why such info is not included in Memory Alpha. Worker using an antigrav lift stood beside it, cranking the box’s topīack to reveal a load of raw, unprocessed latinum.Īctually, the Memory Alpha entry (already suggested in the comments) does say what it is, although only at a very superficial level:
A gigantic gray box stood in the middle of the cargo bay. Peeking around the side of the vat, Jake looked to where his friend It needs to be smelted and processed to remove the impurities and turn it into its pure liquid form. Raw latinum metal is apparently solid, not liquid.
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In the early morning hours, latinum mining king Squeeb, son of Been, was hauled from the flaming wreckage of his skimmer by two members of his private medical staff.Though suffering from various injuries, Squeeb is expected to make a full recovery. Where inĪpparently there are deposits on Ferenginar itself. You to find the main deposit for us." Moon? Ttan wondered. We have found traces of latinum on this level. "As you may have already guessed," Gul Mavek said, "Davonia is a Whatever else it had been programmed for. Together into ingots of pure latinurn or rhodinium or carbonire or The gravel was reduced to its composite minerals, then put back Quite like this before, but she knew the general principle. Waves-probably a smelting furnace, Ttan thought. Which carried it into an immense box that radiated heat in Huge robot-driven bulldozers shoveled the gravel onto a conveyor belt, It's mined and refined on-site on various moons and planets, then sent to Ferenginar (or wherever) to be minted into currency
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