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Magma crystals can help predict volcano eruptions

LOS ANGELES — Scientists dissecting the remains of the disastrous 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens in Washington state say that crystal formations trapped in volcanic rocks hold important clues about when a magma-loaded mountain is about to blow — a discovery that could help volcanologists....

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