Algeochemistry

Alternative Geochemistry, or algeochemistry, is a branch of alchemy which studies geological formations, minerals, materials and alloys which do not, or should not, exist under the standard model of chemistry. This presents a problem for conventional scientific institutions, which have trouble analysing these sorts of phenomena. Oceanykan scientists, empowered by millennia of local empirical observations, have constructed more workable models. Algeochemistry primarily works with the following materials:

• Adamantium
  • A superdense, extremely hard and pyrophoric reddish metal.
    
    
• Bluemetal
  • A bluish grey, general-purpose metal similar to steel, with greatly improved industrial qualities across the board.
    
    
• Firedust
  • An orange low explosive with greater energy density than smokeless powder, though it also burns much hotter.
    
    
• Mithril
  • A silvery, extremely lightweight steel-like metal.
    
    
• Munition Steel
  • Reddish, very low quality "metal" made from Oceanyka's Ultisol Soil.
    
    
• Orichalcum
  • A dark purple, relatively high temperature superconductor with enormous electrochemical potential.
    
    
• Plasteel
  • A bluish grey, seemingly otherworldly alloy with nearly perfect industrial characteristics.
    
    
• Spectrum
  • A light blue metal with anti-psionic properties.
    
    
• Warpstone
  • An otherwordly isotope of Uranium that shouldn't yet stable... yet is, and causes strange effects on everything around it.