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Mt. Paricutin erupts explosively. Little lava helps build the cinder cone. It is almost all ash and rock. What type of magma does it most likely contain?

1) Basaltic
2) Andesitic
3)Rhyolitic
40 Pyroclastic

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Based on the description of the eruption of Mt. Paricutin, it most likely contains rhyolitic magma.
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