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I was talking to a geologist the other day, and he told me that magma is a generic term for molten rock. See, for example, Mineralogy by Dexter Perkins, pg. 32. It's a standard 200-level college textbook that uses this definition. I had learned when younger that magma is like lava except under the ground (essentially what this page currently states) and was surprised to hear the geologist's alternate definition. Are there conflicting definitions of magma? Obviously so. Is there widespread use of the "magma means molten rock" definition? I don't know, but if so, we might want to add it to this page. -- Douglaspperkins ( talk) 13:20, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
All three articles have considerable material on composition and properties of melts. I am working to centralize this discussion in this article, which seems like the most natural place for it. That discussion can then be referenced in the other articles, reducing duplication considerably. -- Kent G. Budge ( talk) 17:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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I was talking to a geologist the other day, and he told me that magma is a generic term for molten rock. See, for example, Mineralogy by Dexter Perkins, pg. 32. It's a standard 200-level college textbook that uses this definition. I had learned when younger that magma is like lava except under the ground (essentially what this page currently states) and was surprised to hear the geologist's alternate definition. Are there conflicting definitions of magma? Obviously so. Is there widespread use of the "magma means molten rock" definition? I don't know, but if so, we might want to add it to this page. -- Douglaspperkins ( talk) 13:20, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
All three articles have considerable material on composition and properties of melts. I am working to centralize this discussion in this article, which seems like the most natural place for it. That discussion can then be referenced in the other articles, reducing duplication considerably. -- Kent G. Budge ( talk) 17:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)