PvE Damage types and resistances.

Faction Damage to deal Damage to resist
Angel Cartel Explosive / Kinetic Explosive (62%) / Kinetic (22%)
Blood Raiders EM / Thermal EM (50%) / Thermal (48%)
Equilibrium of Mankind Kinetic Kinetic (74%) / Thermal (26%)
Guristas Kinetic / Thermal Kinetic (79%) / Thermal (18%)
Mercenaries Kinetic / Thermal Kinetic / Thermal
Mordu’s Legion Kinetic / EM Kinetic (70%) / Thermal (30%)
Rogue Drones EM/Thermal [1] (varies) [1]
Sansha’s Nation EM / Thermal EM (53%) / Thermal (47%)
Serpentis Kinetic / Thermal Thermal (55%) / Kinetic (45%)

Mining Crystals:

Simple Asteroid Mining Crystal: Used for Plagioclase, Pyroxeres, Scordite, Veldspar and Mordunium.
Coherent Asteroid Mining Crystal: Hedbergite, Hemorphite, Jaspet, Kernite, Omber, Ytirium, Griemeer and Nocxite.
Variegated Asteroid Mining Crystal: Used for Crokite, Dark Ochre, Gneiss and Kylixium.
Complex Asteroid Mining Crystal: Used for Arkonor, Bistot, Spodumain, Eifyrium, Ducinium, Hezorime and Ueganite.
Mercoxit Mining Crystal: Specialized for mining Mercoxit.
Moon Mining Crystals: There are 5 tiers of moon mining crystals, such as Ubiquitous Moon Ore Processing crystals.
Ubiquitous Moon Mining Crystal: Used for Zeolites, Sylvite, Bitumens, and Coesite.
Common Moon Mining Crystal: Used for Cobaltite, Euxenite, Titanite, and Scheelite.
Uncommon Moon Mining Crystal: Used for Otavite, Sperrylite, Vanadinite, and Chromite.
Exceptional Moon Mining Crystal: Used for Xenotime, Monazite, Loparite, and Ytterbite.
Rare Moon Mining Crystal: Used for Carnotite, Zircon, Pollucite, and Cinnabar.
Abyssal Ore Crystals: Used for ores found within Pochven.