Scattering Mössbauer studies of weathered and unweathered Mexican iron meteorites

Raúl W. Gómez, Vivianne Marquina

Meteorites
Vol. 4, Nos. 1–2, 2016, 5–10
www.meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl
DOI 10.5277/met160101

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“Non-destructive Mössbauer spectra (MS) of a series of nine Mexican iron meteorites belonging to the collection of the
Instituto de Geología of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IG-UNAM) were obtained by 90°γ-ray scattering. We
divided the set of nine meteorites in two groups: The first group shows complex spectra of iron oxides mixed with a paramagnetic phase; their spectra and Mössbauer parameters have noticeable differences. The spectra of the second group are quite similar and characteristic of Fe-Ni alloys.”