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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...
- than the
silicate minerals formed by
lithophile elements,
chalcophile elements separated below the
lithophiles at the time of the
first crystallization...
- the
lithophiles,
hence sinking lower into the
crust at the time of its solidification, the
chalcophiles tend to be less
abundant than the
lithophiles. On...
- rubidium, caesium, strontium, and
barium (called LILE, or large-ion
lithophile elements), and the
other group includes elements of
large ionic valences...
- magnitude.
Colour indicates each element's
Goldschmidt classification:
Lithophile Siderophile Atmophile Chalcophile Trace
Abundances of the elements...
- the
lithophiles,
hence sinking lower into the
crust at the time of its solidification, the
chalcophiles tend to be less
abundant than the
lithophiles. In...
- reactivity, do not
occur naturally in pure form in nature. They are
lithophiles and
therefore remain close to the Earth's
surface because they combine...
- 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...
-
industrial minerals such as quartz, feldspar, spodumene, petalite, and rare
lithophile elements.
Carbonatites are an
igneous rock
whose volume is made up of...
-
oxide minerals that do not sink into the core; it is
classified as a
lithophile under the
Goldschmidt classification,
meaning that it is
generally found...
