• P00ptart@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Yes, but it gets to the surface, and how does it get to the surface? Through volcanoes. Not all volcanoes are material from the outer core, but that is the only way it reaches the surface.

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      24 days ago

      I was trying to answer OP’s question “isn’t that what volcanoes are” by clarifying that volcanoes are formed by the release to the surface of magma from the mantle. If they are now discovering there is also some core material mixed in with the lava in some volcanoes, that’s interesting and we might mention that as a minor component in those cases. But to say regarding material from the core, “that’s what volcanoes are” would be inaccurate. That would be some weird metallic-ass volcano if it was made from outer core material.