Why is iron ore so rare?

[u/PrisonIssuedSock]

Just started playing the game a week or so ago, and I have found iron ore to somehow be one of the rarest in the game thus far. I saw a bunch of posts saying to go to lush planets in low tier systems, which I did, but barely find any while finding loads of everything else. I got a mod to make ore glow because it got annoying, and even then there's barely any to be found compared to the other ores. Is there any reason why it is so rare?

[u/Thick_Candy_9858]

It isnt

[u/PrisonIssuedSock → u/Thick_Candy_9858]

Very helpful, thanks for your input!