Numerous rare and new mineral species are synthesized during the process of pyrometamorphism (Gross, 1977; Chesnokov et al.,
1987; Chesnokov and Shcherbakova, 1991; Chesnokov, 1999), including silicooxides, chloride-, fluoride, and sulfate-silicates,
carbonate-sulfides, chloride-oxides, etc. Having made sense of numerous findings of compounds of this type, Chesnokov (1999)
set forth the concept of the crystallochemical transition at extreme temperatures attaining 1200–1450°C in pyrogenic systems.
First of all, intertype transitions (oxygen-bearing-oxygen-free) and interclass transitions (chloride-silicate, carbonate-sulfide,
chlorideoxide) are realized. The specificity of pyrometamorphic mineral assemblages consists in the abundance of silicates
with additional anions (F
−, Cl
−, (CO
3)
2−) (Sokol et al., 2005). Minerals of the ellestadite group Ca
10(SiO
4)
3 − x
(SO
4)
3 − x
(PO
4)
2x
(OH,F,Cl)
2 are a spectacular example of these features. In the general case, they are silicate-sulfate-phosphate-hydroxide-chlorides-fluorides.
The detailed description of these minerals based on the study of the original collection of pyrometamorphic minerals is presented
in this paper.
Original Russian Text © S.N. Zateeva, E.V. Sokol, V.V. Sharygin, 2007, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo
Obshchestva, 2007, Pt CXXXVI, No. 3, pp. 19–34.