Naquadah

"This mineral is clearly the basis of all his technology."

- Daniel Jackson

Naquadah is a dense element not found anywhere in Earth's solar system. It is superconductive, able to absorb high amounts of energy, and a fuel for most alien technologies.

Uses
Naquadah is used by many races.

Goa'uld
Before the fall of the System Lords, the Goa'uld heavily relied on this mineral. They created naquadah bombs, and used naquadah in staff cannons and staff weapons. Naquadah was aso used for power generation, hyperdrize technology,and sheild technology. Goa'uld symbiotes even have naquadah in their blood.

Asgard
The Asgard use naquadah in the hulls of their ships.

To'kra
The To'kra also have naquadah in their blood. It is theorized by many that the crystal technology used by the To'kra is in fact based on an isotope of naquadah.

Tau'ri
The Tau'ri heavily rely on the use of Naquadah generators on their off world bases. They were the first power source of Atlantis after it's rediscovery, and they still serve as an emergency power source. Naquadah generators are used on Tau'ri ships, and likely opened the path for the Tau'ri to create Railguns. The Tau'ri also use naquadah enhanced nuclear weapons as one of their primary strategic weapons. It has also been stated that the creation of Tau'ri ships requires naquadah.

Ori
The Ori use naquadah to create their ships.

Ancients
The Ancients made the Stargates out of Naquadah, making them incredibly durable and able to absorb the neccessary energy required to maintain a stable wormhole. They also used Naquadah in the creation of their ships. Naquadah was used along with stone to create many of the Ancients buildings in the Milky Way galxy. The Ancients set up gates, and bases on planets where naquadah is rich, explaining how the Goa'uld gained acces to such an incredibly rare mineral.

With the fall of the System Lords, Naquadah has become a valuable commodity, particularly weapons-grade Naquadah. There are two other variations of Naquadah, liquid Naquadah, used to power staff weapons, and weapons-grade Naquadah, used to make Naquadah bombs.

Behind the scenes

 * Naquadah was named after the city Naqada.


 * In the original movie and Children of the Gods, the Stargate was said to be made of a quartz like mineral. It was retconned later in the series to be made of Naquahdah.


 * The word "Naquadah" was first used in the Stargate SG-1 episode Singularity, without explaination of how or when the mineral was named.


 * There are several different spellings of Naquadah, including Naqahdah and Naquada. Naquadah is the method used in most official sources, so it is the one used for the purposes of this article.