Iodine-131 (usually in the chemical form of iodide) is a component of nuclear fallout, and is particularly dangerous owing to the thyroid gland's propensity to concentrate ingested iodine, where it is kept for periods longer than this isotope's radiological half-life of eight days.
Magma is composed of molten rock and is stored in the Earthâs crust. Lava is magma that reaches the surface of our planet through a volcano vent. Lava flow, Hawai. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Society.agma is composed of molten rock and is stored in the Earthâs crust. Lava is magma that reaches the surface of our planet through a volcano vent. Lava flow, Hawai. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Society.
Igneous rocks form when magma or lava cools and hardens into a rock. Magma and lava are rocks that are so hot they move like a liquid. Magma is molten rock that is underground; lava is molten rock that is above the ground â and that is the only difference between them.A common igneous rock is granite.inerals, quite simply, are the building blocks for making rocks, and a rock is made up of one or more minerals. When you look at a rock and see different colors, those colors are minerals that make up that specific rock.