# Quartzite

- **ID**: `PURPLE2`
- **What it is**: Refined Stellar Metal: Purple
- **Category**: Stellar
- **Base value**: 132 units
- **Storage**: Store: 2 Refined. Store it in 2 Refined. Why: Refined stellar metal, same family as the guide's refined.
- **Gettable**: needs seed: refinable once you have Activated Quartzite

On the site: https://nmsii.dlu.one/#/recipes?item=PURPLE2 · chain planner https://nmsii.dlu.one/#/chain/PURPLE2

## Cheapest chain

Not reachable from any source tier, even with cooking. Gettable: needs seed, refinable once you have Activated Quartzite.

## Made by (2)

| Make | From | Operation | Mult | Time | Machine | Rate/h | Profit | Gettable |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Quartzite | [Quartzite](PURPLE2.md) + [Chromatic Metal](STELLAR2.md) | Chromatic Expansion | x2 loop | 1.5m | Medium | 80 | +44 | needs seed |
| Quartzite | [Activated Quartzite](EX_PURPLE.md) + [Carbon](FUEL1.md) | Chromatic Alchemy | x0.50 | 1.0m | Medium | 60 | -45 | needs seed |

## Used in (9)

| Make | From | Operation | Mult | Time | Machine | Rate/h | Profit | Gettable |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [30 Chromatic Metal](STELLAR2.md) | Silver + Gold + Quartzite | Chromatic Stellar Fusion | x10 | 20m | Large | 90 | +1,969 | needs seed |
| [4 Chromatic Metal](STELLAR2.md) | 2 Quartzite | Extract Chromatic Material | x2 | 25s | Portable | 576 | +88 | needs seed |
| [4 Magnetised Ferrite](LAND3.md) | Quartzite + Ferrite Dust | Chromatic Metal Fusion | x2 | 1.5m | Medium | 160 | +182 | needs seed |
| [4 Chromatic Metal](STELLAR2.md) | Quartzite + Pure Ferrite | Chromatic Metal Fusion | x2 | 1.5m | Medium | 160 | +192 | needs seed |
| [2 Quartzite](PURPLE2.md) | Quartzite + Chromatic Metal | Chromatic Expansion | x2 loop | 1.5m | Medium | 80 | +44 | needs seed |
| [Lithium](WATERWORLD1.md) | Quartzite + Crystallised Helium | Environmental Element Transfer | x0.50 | 1.5m | Medium | 40 | -142 | needs seed |
| [Crystallised Helium](GASGIANT1.md) | Quartzite + Lithium | Environmental Element Transfer | x0.50 | 1.5m | Medium | 40 | -122 | needs seed |
| [Activated Quartzite](EX_PURPLE.md) | Quartzite + Crystallised Helium + Methane | Loosen Bonds | x0.33 | 1.5m | Large | 40 | -84 | T2 +4 |
| [Activated Quartzite](EX_PURPLE.md) | Quartzite + Lithium + Methane | Loosen Bonds | x0.33 | 1.5m | Large | 40 | -74 | T2 +4 |

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