We present a set of lava compositions spanning the 2012–13 Tolbachik fissure eruption.
We document a major compositional change after the first three days of eruption.
From the mid December until the end of eruption lava compositions remained constant.
High alumina basaltic trachyandesites with high alkalis and Ti content were erupted.
Petrological modeling shows that high-Al 1975–6 and new lavas are genetically related.