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magma

mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth
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magma

Summary

magma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,014 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • magma is a type of fluid[2].
  • magma is a type of stone[3].
  • magma is a type of inorganic substance[4].
  • magma's Commons category is recorded as Magma[5].
  • magma's has cause is recorded as magmatism[6].
  • magma's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • magma's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • magma's different from is recorded as lava[9].
  • magma's different from is recorded as Magma[10].
  • magma's studied by is recorded as volcanology[11].
  • magma's studied by is recorded as petrology[12].
  • magma's studied by is recorded as geophysics[13].
  • magma's studied by is recorded as geochemistry[14].
  • magma's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fluid[2], stone[3], and inorganic substance[4].

Why It Matters

magma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,014 views/month).[1] magma has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] magma is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

geochemistry geophysics petrology SPICEs: Simulating Planetary Igneous Crystallization Environments volcanology

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . earthobservatory.sg. earthobservatory.sg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → lava, Magma
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Local thumb → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563585805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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