Minerals

Smelted ingots are worth 175% of their original cost, and so the raw metal must be worth §54 to offset the §40 cost of smelting and break even relative to selling the ore alone. But smelting also provides the chance that the foundry will return an ore, saying that it is actually a Mysterious Mr. Gnome in disguise, worth §1000, as well as the chance of duplicating the smelted bars if the sim has completed the Metal Collector challenge. This is a gamble that may make it worth smelting ores that are less than §54.

Metal	Rarity	Weight	Raw Value	Ingot Value	EP		Where?
Carbon Steel		100-1095	§120-300	§210-525	Late Night	according to Simsfan	Base neighborhood
Compendium	Extraordinarily Unusual	1100-5500	If made on Transfiguration bench, is worth 25% more than the worth of the 8 metals used May also be found	'25% more than the worth of the 8 metals used'	World Adventures		Buydebug Metal Spawner Transfiguration requirements-2-4 different metals.
Copper	Common	1-52	§15-31	§26-54	World Adventures		Egypt
Iridium	Uncommon	1-11	§75-155	§131-271	World Adventures		France
Iron	Common	1-52	§7-20	§12-35	Sims 3		Base neighborhood
Gold	Uncommon	1-52	§40-120	§70-210	Sims 3		Base neighborhood
Mercury	Uncommon	1-52	§100-400	§175-700	World Adventures	Once smelted, Mercury will always be returned as a liquid in a vial (On rare cases it will be returned as an Ingot possibly with the skill challenge Metal Collector). Solid Mercury can be obtained through Transfiguration 8 vials of liquid mercury on transfiguration produce 1 solid Large Mercury Ingot.	China
Mummitomium	Very Rare	150-450	§750-1200	§1312-2100	World Adventures	Two chunks are needed for a WA quest.	Egypt Durga dug some up with the miner in Champs les Sims at Base Camp.
Palladium	Rare	80-300	§300-500	§525-875	Sims 3		Base neighborhood
Platinum	Uncommon	1-52	§250-336	§437-588	World Adventures		China
Plutonium	Extraordinarily Unusual	0.1-5	§1000-1800	§1750-3150	Sims 3		Base neighborhood
Silver	Common	1-52	§25-35	§44-61	Sims 3		Base neighborhood
Supernovium	Extraordinarily Unusual	35000-55000	§3500-5500	§6125-9625	World Adventures		Buydebug Metal Spawner/Transfiguration Transfiguration Requirements - Over 5 different metals.
Tiberium	Rare
Titanium	Rare	75-105	§450-700	§787-1225	World Adventures		France
Tungsten Carbide		100-1095	§35-70	§61-123	Late Night	according to Simsfan
Woohooium	Extraordinarily Unusual	1-52	§500-750	§875-1313	Ambitions	When sculpting stone, it can shatter to reveal Woohooium (or the Flourite Palmstone gem). Also possibly by Transfiguration.	Sculptor's Workbench (Ambitions), Consignment store (Ambitions), Relic Shops (World Adventures), garbage cans in France (World Adventures)

Mineral Ores