Chemicals in Magma

So what are the Different Types of Magma and their Crazy Chemical Compositions and Why do you Need to know about them???

You need to know about the different compounds in Magma is because most people think that Magma is Just melted Rock I mean sure it comes from rocks and insane amounts of heat but it also has so many different Chemical Compounds such as- 

Basaltic magma --  SiO2 45-55 wt%, high in Fe, Mg, Ca, low in K, Na

Andesitic magma --  SiO2 55-65 wt%, intermediate. in Fe, Mg, Ca, Na, K

Rhyolitic magma --  SiO2 65-75%, low in Fe, Mg, Ca, high in K, Na
~Rebecca Davis~