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Led the new silica study; home of the Experimental Laboratory Magma Ocean group
Mercury's surface holds about 37 percent silicon dioxide by mass, up to 25 percent less than earlier estimates. That gap points to a hotter volcanic past, with lava rising from deeper mantle regions melted at extreme temperatures.
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