Aluminite

Aluminite was a commercially valuable ore. The asteroids of the Kadal Asteroid Field in the Bestal system of the Outer Rim Territories' Varada sector possessed rich aluminite deposits.

During the existence of the New Republic, the company Fax Ventures engaged in the mining of aluminite in the Kadal Asteroid Field followed by the processing of the ore on the nearby planet Bestal Three. While those operations were highly profitable for the company, they nevertheless only served as cover for an even more lucrative venture—the harvesting of the seeds of Bestal Three's vortal trees for medicinal purposes.

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