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LITHOEN

Geological fluid

Immiscible sulfide liquid

A molten sulfide that separates as a distinct liquid from a silicate magma once that magma becomes saturated in sulfur. It is not an aqueous fluid at all, and it concentrates metals by dissolving them out of the silicate melt it separates from.

Classification

fluid origin
magmatic
phase state
silicateMelt

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Record last updated 2026-09-07. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.