{"id":40200,"date":"2026-02-23T18:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=40200"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:55:45","slug":"esquel-meteorite-a-forgotten-argentine-peridot-a-multi-analytical-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=40200","title":{"rendered":"Esquel Meteorite, a Forgotten Argentine Peridot: A Multi Analytical Study<span class=\"badge-status\" style=\"background:#787878\">OPEN ACCESS<\/span>&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Faramarz S. Gard, Rogelio D. Acevedo, Pablo Gazta\u00f1aga, Paula N. Alderete, Lara M. Solis, Gabriel Pierangeli, Gonzalo Zbihlei, Nahuel Vega and Emilia B. Halac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spectroscopy Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, Published: 6 February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2813-446X\/4\/1\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LINK (OPEN ACCESS)<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2813-446X\/4\/1\/3\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PDF (DOWNLOAD)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify-text\">&#8220;The Esquel pallasite provides a valuable record of metal\u2013silicate interaction in differentiated planetesimals, yet many aspects of its formation and thermal evolution remain uncertain. Here, we present a comprehensive multi-technique characterization of a single Esquel specimen, integrating SC-XRD, Raman spectroscopy, SEM\u2013EDS, XPS, magnetic force microscopy, and X-ray computed tomography. Olivine grains are shown to be structurally pristine, with the first full crystallographic refinement for Esquel confirming a single-domain silicate lattice. XPS demonstrates a stoichiometric silicate surface containing only lattice O2\u2212, Si4+, Mg2+, and Fe2+, indicating that olivine remained chemically unaltered. The Fe\u2013Ni metal preserves diffusion-controlled taenite\u2013kamacite exsolution, compositionally distinct plessite, accessory schreibersite and troilite as resolved by SEM. Quantitative Ni zoning, evaluated through interface-to-center gradients and a width\u2013center-Ni correlation method, yields a self-consistent cooling rate of ~10\u201320 \u00b0C\/Myr. MFM reveals microscale magnetic structures that correlate directly with Fe\u2013Ni chemical zoning, providing magnetic confirmation of slow cooling. CT analysis further identifies interconnected metal networks, inclusions, and micro-porosity reflecting melt migration and late-stage modification. These results establish Esquel as an exceptionally well-preserved pallasite and demonstrate the value of integrated, multi-scale analytical workflows for reconstructing early Solar System processes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faramarz S. Gard, Rogelio D. Acevedo, Pablo Gazta\u00f1aga, Paula N. Alderete, Lara M. Solis, Gabriel Pierangeli, Gonzalo Zbihlei, Nahuel Vega and Emilia B. Halac Spectroscopy Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, Published: 6 February 2026 LINK&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[810],"tags":[930,1894],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40201,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40200\/revisions\/40201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}