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'''Archerite''' was a fictitious mineral invented as a ruse by [[Andorian]] [[Commander]] [[Thy'lek Shran|Shran]], purportedly of great value to the [[Andorian Mining Consortium]]. 
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'''Archerite''' was a fictitious [[mineral]] invented as a ruse by [[Andorian]] [[Commander]] [[Thy'lek Shran|Shran]], purportedly of great value to the [[Andorian Mining Consortium]]. 
   
Its one-time mention came In late [[2153]], as Shran, while assisting the crew of the {{EnterpriseNX}} in capturing a [[Xindi]] [[Xindi superweapon|superweapon]] [[prototype]], attempted to pass off his warship [[Kumari|''Kumari'']] as a mining scout searching for a rare [[mineral]] in the [[Calindra system]] – the testing area of the Xindi weapon. When questioned by the skeptical Xindi, he had to think quickly of a name for this supposed mineral. He glanced at ''Enterprise'' [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] and came up with the name "archerite". This attempted deception was was not accepted, and the Xindi forced the ''Kumari'' to leave the system, though not in time to prevent it from gathering valuable technical scans of the weapon. ({{ENT|Proving Ground}})
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Archerite was mentioned by Shran in late [[2153]], as he, while assisting the crew of {{EnterpriseNX}} in investigating a [[Xindi]] [[Xindi weapon|weapon]] [[prototype]], attempted to pass off his [[Andorian battle cruiser|warship]] ''[[Kumari]]'' as a [[mining]] [[scout ship|scout]] searching for a rare mineral in the [[Calindra system]] – the [[proving ground|testing area]] of the Xindi weapon. When questioned by the skeptical Xindi, he had to think quickly of a name for this supposed mineral. He glanced at ''Enterprise'' [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] and came up with the name "Archerite". This attempted deception was not accepted, and the Xindi forced the ''Kumari'' to leave the system, though not in time to prevent it from gathering valuable technical scans of the weapon. ({{ENT|Proving Ground}})
   
{{bginfo|While "archerite" was a fictitious mineral in the ''Trek'' universe, there does exist a real-world substance with that name. ''[http://www.mindat.org/min-315.html]}}
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{{bginfo|While "Archerite" was a fictitious mineral in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe, there does exist a real-world substance with that name. ''[http://www.mindat.org/min-315.html]''}}
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Revision as of 14:17, 5 February 2016

Archerite was a fictitious mineral invented as a ruse by Andorian Commander Shran, purportedly of great value to the Andorian Mining Consortium

Archerite was mentioned by Shran in late 2153, as he, while assisting the crew of Enterprise NX-01 in investigating a Xindi weapon prototype, attempted to pass off his warship Kumari as a mining scout searching for a rare mineral in the Calindra system – the testing area of the Xindi weapon. When questioned by the skeptical Xindi, he had to think quickly of a name for this supposed mineral. He glanced at Enterprise Captain Jonathan Archer and came up with the name "Archerite". This attempted deception was not accepted, and the Xindi forced the Kumari to leave the system, though not in time to prevent it from gathering valuable technical scans of the weapon. (ENT: "Proving Ground")

While "Archerite" was a fictitious mineral in the Star Trek universe, there does exist a real-world substance with that name. [1]