GFDL:Goldschmidt classification

The Goldschmidt Classification, developed by Viktor M. Goldschmidt, is a geochemical classification which groups the chemical elements according to their prefered host phases into siderorphile (iron loving), lithophile (silicate loving) , chalcophile (sulfur loving), and athmophile (gas loving)

Weblinks

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