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Review

Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars

by
Alevtina A. Maksimova
1,2,
Michael V. Goryunov
1 and
Michael I. Oshtrakh
1,*
1
Department of Experimental Physics, Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
2
The Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Minerals 2021, 11(6), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060614
Submission received: 14 January 2021 / Revised: 24 May 2021 / Accepted: 25 May 2021 / Published: 8 June 2021

Abstract

Mössbauer (nuclear γ-resonance) spectroscopy is a powerful technique which is actively used in various fields from physics and chemistry to biology and medicine. Rudolf L. Mössbauer, who observed nuclear γ-resonance and published his results in 1958, got a Nobel Prize in physics in 1961 for this discovery. 57Fe is the most widely used nucleus in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Therefore, a large variety of compounds containing iron can be studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. It is well known that planetary matter contains various iron-bearing phases and minerals. Therefore, the extraterrestrial material from different meteorites, asteroids, and planets can be studied using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy as an additional powerful technique. Two parts of this review consider the results of more than 50 years of experience of Mössbauer spectroscopy applied for the studies of various meteorites, soils and rocks from the Moon and a recent investigation of the Martian surface using two rovers equipped with miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometers. Part I considered the results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of undifferentiated meteorites. Part II discusses the results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of differentiated meteorites formed in asteroids and protoplanets due to matter differentiation, as well as Lunar and Martian matter.
Keywords: 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy; differentiated meteorites; Moon; Mars; iron-bearing minerals; 57Fe hyperfine interactions; iron-bearing phase composition; Fe2+ partitioning in silicate phases; temperature of cation equilibrium distribution in silicate phases; meteorite weathering; fusion crust 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy; differentiated meteorites; Moon; Mars; iron-bearing minerals; 57Fe hyperfine interactions; iron-bearing phase composition; Fe2+ partitioning in silicate phases; temperature of cation equilibrium distribution in silicate phases; meteorite weathering; fusion crust

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Maksimova, A.A.; Goryunov, M.V.; Oshtrakh, M.I. Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars. Minerals 2021, 11, 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060614

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Maksimova AA, Goryunov MV, Oshtrakh MI. Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars. Minerals. 2021; 11(6):614. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060614

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Maksimova, Alevtina A., Michael V. Goryunov, and Michael I. Oshtrakh. 2021. "Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars" Minerals 11, no. 6: 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060614

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Maksimova, A. A., Goryunov, M. V., & Oshtrakh, M. I. (2021). Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars. Minerals, 11(6), 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060614

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