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What is the difference between chalcophile and siderophile elements?

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As it is described (W. M. White, Geochemistry):

Siderophile elements have an affinity for a metallic liquid phase and chalcophile elements have an affinity for a sulfide liquid phase.

What is the exact difference between them? It just seems to be the same thing as sulfide liquid must contain metals as well. As far as I know, siderophile elements are: Fe, Co, Ni etc and chalcophile ones are Ar, Mg, Sr, Ba etc.


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