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Metal Lava

Written by

Nicole Sharp

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In some parts of our solar system, volcanoes likely erupt with a mixture of silicate-based lava and metallic lava.
Interestingly, the two types of lava don't mix well.
The metallic lava flows 10x faster, mostly under the silicate lava.
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