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Asked by 268ngrj1723 to Bernerd, Joseph, Ken, Peter on 14 Jul 2017.
Question: What are the constituents of lava?
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Joseph Olwendo answered on 14 Jul 2017:
Lava is made up of crystals, volcanic glass, and bubbles (volcanic gases). As magma gets closer to the surface and cools, it begins to crystallize minerals like olivine and form bubbles of volcanic gases. When lava erupts it is made up of a slush of crystals, liquid, and bubbles.
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Bernerd Fulanda answered on 14 Jul 2017:
When lava erupts it is made up of a slush of crystals, liquid, and bubbles. The liquid “freezes” to form volcanic glass. Chemically lava is made of the elements silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and titanium (plus other elements in very small concentration
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