AUSTRALIAN ORE

Australian (aka Australium) ore is the most basic special ore. You can find an estimate quantity of 490 ores in big spheres underground at X:-400 Z:-400. Smelting this ore will make Australium nuggets, and with 9 of these, you can make an ingot, and with 9 ingots, blocks. Putting the ore through a shredder or induction smelter from Thermal Expansion will significantly increase the Australium you will receive from the ore, usually 2-3 ingots, or 2 powder if you used the shredder.



Usage
Australium nuggets by themselves are only used to create rods, which are used in the Mark III Life Extender and the Power Fist (along with the other special materials).

Ingots are used in the Market Gardner and the Euthanasia gun.

The powder can be put into a Cyclotron and added with a box of carbon dust to create Verticium (aka Dollar Green Mineral).

Trivia

 * It is a reference to a TF2 material of the same name and some similar uses.
 * Unfortunately, it does not have the same number of uses in the TF2 canon, as then it would probably be a bit OP.
 * It has the same electron configuration as gold but has kangaroos boxing in the nucleus.
 * This is probably just a joke, though it does imply that it is some kind of element.
 * You don't need to waste tour of duty tickets to get this.