Sulfur deposits suggest 3.5-billion-year-old life

Physics Today ◽  
2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Deposits

scholarly journals Trace Elements and Minerals in Fumarolic Sulfur: The Case of Ebeko Volcano, Kuriles

Geofluids ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Shevko ◽  
S. B. Bortnikova ◽  
N. A. Abrosimova ◽  
V. S. Kamenetsky ◽  
S. P. Bortnikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Metal Sulfides ◽  
Native Sulfur ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Elemental Abundances ◽  
Chalcophile Elements ◽  
Fumarolic Gases ◽  
Sulfur Deposits ◽  
Low Solubility ◽  
Fumarolic Gas

Native sulfur deposits on fumarolic fields at Ebeko volcano (Northern Kuriles, Russia) are enriched in chalcophile elements (As-Sb-Se-Te-Hg-Cu) and contain rare heavy metal sulfides (Ag2S, HgS, and CuS), native metal alloys (Au2Pd), and some other low-solubility minerals (CaWO4, BaSO4). Sulfur incrustations are impregnated with numerous particles of fresh and altered andesite groundmass and phenocrysts (pyroxene, magnetite) as well as secondary minerals, such as opal, alunite, and abundant octahedral pyrite crystals. The comparison of elemental abundances in sulfur and unaltered rocks (andesite) demonstrated that rock-forming elements (Ca, K, Fe, Mn, and Ti) and other lithophile and chalcophile elements are mainly transported by fumarolic gas as aerosol particles, whereas semimetals (As, Sb, Se, and Te), halogens (Br and I), and Hg are likely transported as volatile species, even at temperatures slightly above 100°C. The presence of rare sulfides (Ag2S, CuS, and HgS) together with abundant FeS2 in low-temperature fumarolic environments can be explained by the hydrochloric leaching of rock particles followed by the precipitation of low-solubility sulfides induced by the reaction of acid solutions with H2S at ambient temperatures. The elemental composition of native sulfur can be used to qualitatively estimate elemental abundances in low-temperature fumarolic gases.

Geology and isotopic studies of Sicilian sulfur deposits

1962 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabor Dessau ◽  
M. L. Jensen ◽  
N. Nakai
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Studies ◽  
Sulfur Deposits

scholarly journals Formation of Large Native Sulfur Deposits Does Not Require Molecular Oxygen

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Labrado ◽  
Benjamin Brunner ◽  
Stefano M. Bernasconi ◽  
Jörn Peckmann
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Oxygen ◽  
Native Sulfur ◽  
Sulfur Deposits
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