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This is most likely to do with undersea volcanoes. When they erupt they spew out loads of red hot lava which cools extremely quickly due to being at the bottom of the ocean. This quick cooling creates large crystals (as opposed to small crystals when slowly cooled, I think) and a very porous rock. This rock (bear in mind the lava will usually have stuck together) floats to the surface. Time passes and more eruptions add to the rock building up on the surface, slowly creating a rock large enough to support weight. The exposed rock weathers to create a soil very rich in nutrients which enables plants to easily start growing. The plants further erode to rock creating even more soil, which in turn allows for more plant species to grow. Over time an island will form when once there was nothing there but water.

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