what would happen if you poured liquid nitrogen on magma?

Question: what would happen if you poured liquid nitrogen on magma?
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  liquid,
  magma,
  nitrogen
Asked by theknightsthatsayni to David on 25 Mar 2011 in Categories: General.
- David Pyle answered on 25 Mar 2011:
  
  The magma would cool fairly spectacularly, and you’d get lots of ‘steam’. The cooled magma samples would probably be quite rich in volcanic glass.

Question: what would happen if you poured liquid nitrogen on magma?