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Created on 2017-06-24 02:22:36 (#3228185), last updated 2026-02-17 (4 days ago)
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Lithophile (n.) from Greek lithos, rock, and philos, love (in other words, rock-loving):
1. A chemical element within the Goldschmidt geochemical classification scheme characterized by its tendency to bond readily with oxygen and specifically with silica, being widely distributed in compounds within rocks at or near the earth's surface rather than remaining within the core. Most lithophile elements are overrepresented at the surface relative to their overall abundance in the solar system.
2. An extremophile microbe which can live within the pores of rocks, either at the surface or deep within the rock, sometimes to a depth of several kilometers. Lithophiles living deep within the crust make use of chemosynthesis for energy, using water which seeps down through the rock's cracks.
"The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It is possible that it does not exist. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."
Usually known as Amorpha on other platforms. still here still plural after 20+ years just getting back on our feet after a 15-year abusive relationship. We have an an old website that needs updating and a host that isn't our ex.
1. A chemical element within the Goldschmidt geochemical classification scheme characterized by its tendency to bond readily with oxygen and specifically with silica, being widely distributed in compounds within rocks at or near the earth's surface rather than remaining within the core. Most lithophile elements are overrepresented at the surface relative to their overall abundance in the solar system.
2. An extremophile microbe which can live within the pores of rocks, either at the surface or deep within the rock, sometimes to a depth of several kilometers. Lithophiles living deep within the crust make use of chemosynthesis for energy, using water which seeps down through the rock's cracks.
"The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It is possible that it does not exist. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."
Usually known as Amorpha on other platforms. still here still plural after 20+ years just getting back on our feet after a 15-year abusive relationship. We have an an old website that needs updating and a host that isn't our ex.
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