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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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Summary

magma is a type of material[1]. magma draws 6,337 Wikipedia views per month (type of material category, ranking #1,236 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fluid geologic material[3], inorganic substance[4], mixture[5]
  • Commons category: Magma[6]
  • Has cause: magmatism[7]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9]
  • Different from: lava[10], Magma[11]
  • Studied by: volcanology[12], petrology[13], geophysics[14], geochemistry[15]
  • Exact match: http://www.farzanegi.org/math/magma?lang=PA[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

magma has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] magma is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

geochemistry geophysics petrology SPICEs: Simulating Planetary Igneous Crystallization Environments volcanology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fluid geologic material, inorganic substance, mixture
    Exact match → http://www.farzanegi.org/math/magma?lang=PA
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Exact match: http://www.farzanegi.org/math/magma?lang=PA"
  2. 28d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fluid geologic material, inorganic substance, mixture
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: fluid environmental material"
  3. 12w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of material
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of material"
  4. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563585805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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