Abstract: This article provides data on cristobalite and tridymite from the Arsenatnaya active fumarole of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. The minerals occur in associations with fumarolic sylvite, sanidine, cassiterite, hematite, pseudobrookite, johillerite, tilasite, and badalovite. Fumarolic cristobalite is tetragonal (α-modification); the unit-cell parameters for one sample are: а = 4.975 (7) Å, с = 6.944 (13) Å, and V = 171.89 Å3. There are two types of tridymite, that is, monoclinic (MC) and orthoorthorhombic (PO-10), in the Arsenatnaya fumarole. The unit-cell parameters of these tridymite modifications are: a = 18.553 (5) Å, b = 5.006 (1) Å, с = 25.952 (10) Å, β = 117.68 (2)°, V = 2134.3 (11) Å3 (MC); a = 9.941 (2) Å, b = 17.165 (4) Å, с = 82.362 (18) Å, and V = 14053.4 (29) Å3 (PO-10). Mineral assemblages of cristobalite and tridymite indicate high-temperature formation conditions of these minerals not lower 450–500°С with considerable participation of HCl and HF in process of basalt alteration by fumarolic gas. The surrounding basalt was a source of silicon. This element was probably transported in the form of SiX4, where X = F, Cl.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)325-335
Number of pages11
JournalMoscow University Geology Bulletin
Volume76
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 May 2021

    Research areas

  • fumarole, gas metasomatosis, Kamchatka, Keywords: cristobalite, silica minerals, Tolbachik volcano, tridymite, FLUIDS, Keywords, MONOCLINIC TRIDYMITE, cristobalite, CRYSTAL, EVOLUTION, TEMPERATURE, MINERALIZATION, X-RAY

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  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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