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Occurrence and Mineralogical Characteristics of Asbestos in Dolostone at Ungdo, Seosan

서산 웅도 백운암 내 석면 산출 및 광물학적 특성 규명

  • Kim, Seon-Ok (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Minhee (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Jung, Hyunjung (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Shin, Wonji (Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 김선옥 (부경대학교 에너지자원공학과) ;
  • 이민희 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 정현정 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 신원지 (부경대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2014.09.12
  • Accepted : 2014.10.25
  • Published : 2014.10.28

Abstract

The occurrence and mineralogical characteristics of asbestos in dolostone at Ungdo, Seosan were investigated by analyses of PLM, XRD, and SEM/EDS. Representative outcrops of dolostone at Ungdo were examined and four dolostone samples were collected according the occurrence type to identify the shape of asbestos in dolostone samples. The host rock of dolostone had been produced from the hydrothermal alteration and/or thermal metamorphism of which main source was assumed as the acidic granite. Tremolites were observed near the cracks or fractures of the dolostone as tamping or gob types. From the mineralogical analyses, main minerals of dolostone were dolomite with calcite, quartz, talc, amphibole, and pyroxene. From SEM/EDS analyses, tremolite-actinolite asbestoses were observed in dolostone and their shapes were prismatic and fibrous (less than $1{\mu}m$ in width). Non-asbestos prismatic forms were also found and they would transfer to asbestos particles resulting from the cleavage and fracture of the prismatic particles. Overall results suggest that asbestoses in Ungdo dolosotnes were mainly tremolite-actinolite and they were originated from the hydrothermal alteration of Ca-Mg rich dolostone.

본 연구는 충청남도 서산시 웅도 백운암에서 산출되는 석면에 대하여 박편관찰, X-선 회절분석, 주사전자현미경 관찰 등을 통해 석면의 광물학적 및 형태적 특성을 규명하고, 백운암의 광물학적 특성과의 상관관계를 통해 석면의 형성과정을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 석면을 함유하고 있는 모암은 열수 변질 및 변성작용을 받았으며, 광물학으로는 주로 백운석과 소량의 방해석, 석영, 활석, 각섬석, 휘석 등으로 이루어진 백운암인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 모암 내 존재하는 석면은 섬유상-침상 입자형태를 가진 양기석-투각섬석계 석면이었으나, 변성정도에 따라 주상 및 침상형태를 가진 비석면형의 양기석-투각섬석도 존재하는 것이 확인되었다. 주상이나 침상 형태의 광물을 전자현미경으로 분석한 결과, 주상의 경우 벽개면을 따라 더 작은 침상 또는 주상의 입자로 쪼개지는 특성을 나타내어, 풍화과정에 의한 쪼개짐 현상에 의해 석면입자로 산출될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 특히 양기석-투각섬석 광물군에서 너비가 $1{\mu}m$ 이하인 휘어진 형태의 섬유상 석면 입자가 발견되었다. 기존 연구에서는 백운암 내에서 거의 발견되지 않았던 석면 입자가 웅도 백운암에서 검출되었고, 광물학적 분석 결과 석면광물은 Ca, Mg를 함유한 백운암질 석회암이 열수 변질을 받는 과정에서 형성되었으며, 주로 양기석-투각섬석 석면형태로 존재하는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

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