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Asbestiform Tremolite Formed by Chert-Dolomite Reaction and Its Morphological Characteristics

처트-백운석 반응에 의한 석면상 투각섬석의 생성과 형태적 특성

  • Jeong, Gi Young (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University) ;
  • Choi, Jin Beom (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 정기영 (안동대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 최진범 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소)
  • Received : 2013.06.07
  • Accepted : 2013.06.20
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

Diagenetic black chert nodules occur in the Paleozoic dolostone in Susan, Jecheon, Korea. They reacted with dolomite to form alteration rim around the nodules during the contact metamorphism probably related to the intrusion of biotite granite. In the earlier stage of alteration, talc and calcite replaced both the chert and dolomite, which were subsequently replaced by tremolite. Significant mass of tremolite occurs along the horizon enriched with chert nodules. Scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy of the tremolite specimens revealed the elongated morphology of diverse aspect ratios coexisting in several mm scale. Non-asbestiform tremolite columns were also common as well as asbestiform fibrous bundles. Quantitative estimation of asbestos should be more cautious for naturally occurring materials because all the tremolite particles in the outcrop are not asbestiform. The occurrence of asbestiform tremolite in the Susan area indicates that a combination of chert-bearing dolostone, heat source, and aqueous fluids is one of the geological environments for the formation of asbestiform tremolite.

제천시 수산면의 고생대 백운암에는 속성기원 흑색 처트 단괴들이 함유되어 있으며, 흑운모 화강암 관입과 관련된 접촉변성작용으로 백운석과 처트가 반응하여 단괴 주위로 변질대가 형성되었다. 변질 초기에 활석 및 방해석이 처트와 백운암을 교대하며 생성되었지만, 후기에 투각섬석이 활석과 방해석을 교대하였다. 처트 단괴들이 밀집한 백운암 층준에서는 회백색 투각섬석이 다량으로 산출된다. 주사전자현미경 및 광학현미경 관찰결과, 투각섬석은 다양한 종횡비의 신장된 입자 형태를 보이며, 수 mm의 좁은 공간에서 같이 산출된다. 침상-섬유상 입자들이 다발을 이루는 석면상 투각섬석도 있으나, 주상 입자들도 흔히 존재함이 확인되었다. 따라서 자연 유래 석면물질의 경우, 모든 투각섬석이 석면상 투각섬석은 아니므로 석면 정량 시 유의해야 한다. 수산 지역에서 석면상 각섬석의 산출 환경은 함처트 백운암, 열원, 수용성 유체의 존재가 투각섬석 석면의 지질학적 생성 조건이 될 수 있음을 지시한다.

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