Spice geyser

In the Civilization stage of Spore, you can build mines on certain natural landforms that are called Spice geysers. Since Spice is worth many Sporebucks, placing a mine on these increases your country's Treasury and adds to the Economy of your nation. Other nations can colonize mines, or capture them from your or other nations. You can also capture other spice geysers from rival nations. Spice is manufactured in Factories to make Spice worth more and add more income to your nation. There are Spice geysers on land as well as in the water, where ships can create mines.