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Lithophiles are micro-organisms that can live
within the pore
interstices of
sedimentary and even
fractured igneous rocks to
depths of
several kilometers...
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elements within the
Earth according to
their preferred host
phases into
lithophile (rock-loving),
siderophile (iron-loving),
chalcophile (sulfide ore-loving...
- magnitude.
Colour indicates each element's
Goldschmidt classification:
Lithophile Siderophile Atmophile Chalcophile Trace
Abundances of the elements...
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Metallic elements are
primarily found as
lithophiles (rock-loving) or
chalcophiles (ore-loving).
Lithophile elements are
mainly the s-block elements,...
- rubidium, caesium, strontium, and
barium (called LILE, or large-ion
lithophile elements), and the
other group includes elements of
large ionic valences...
- evolution. This
enrichment in REEs,
along with a
moderate to high large-ion
lithophile element (LILE)
enrichment (ΣLILE > 1,000 ppm),
including elements like...
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chondrites are
distinguished chemically by
their depletions in
refractory lithophile elements, such as Ca, Al, Ti, and rare earths,
relative to Si, and isotopically...
- than 10%
partial melting. This
favors producing a melt rich in large-ion
lithophile elements (LILE) such as pot****ium, barium, rubidium, cesium, and strontium...
- mantle,
resulting in two
types of
mantle reservoirs:
those depleted in
lithophile elements (depleted reservoirs), and
those composed of "fresh" undifferentiated...
- caesium, and rubidium,
which are
large and
weakly charged (the large-ion
lithophile elements, or LILEs), as well as
elements whose ions
carry a high charge...
