title: Siderophile
text: # Siderophile
  
  Siderophile means "iron-loving". This can refer to:
  
  * Siderophilic bacteria, bacteria that require or are facilitated by free iron
  * Siderophile elements, chemical elements such as iridium or gold that tend to bond with metallic iron, as described by the Goldschmidt classification
  * Siderophilia, another name for haemochromatosis, a disease in which the body accumulates too much iron
  