# incompatible element

> one that is unsuitable in size and/or charge to the cation sites of the minerals of which it is included, and is defined by the partition coefficient between rock-forming minerals and melt being much smaller than 1

**Wikidata**: [Q1663708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1663708)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incompatible_element)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/incompatible-element


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)