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Mössbauer study of Martian regolith analogues

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Terrestrial basalt rocks considered to be a good analogues of the Martian regolith were studied by using the Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The weathering of basalts was followed by the changes of the Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio. The basalt rock undergoes alteration from primary mineral composition (olivine+pyroxene+plagioclase) through smectite to kaolinite clay with oxides and hydroxides with the increase of the Fe2+/Fe3+ ratio.

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  1. E. Jackiewicz & M. Kopcewicz

    Present address: Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska Street 133, 01-919, Warszawa, Poland

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  1. Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bartycka Str. 18, 00-716, Warszawa, Poland

    E. Jackiewicz & M. Lukasiak

  2. Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoza Str. 69, 00-681, Warszawa, Poland

    M. Kopcewicz

  3. Institute of Geochemisty, Mineralogy and Petrography, Warsaw University, Zwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089, Warszawa, Poland

    K. Szpila

  4. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zwirki i Wigury, 02-089, Warszwa, Poland

    N. Bakun-Czubarow

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Jackiewicz, E., Lukasiak, M., Kopcewicz, M. et al. Mössbauer study of Martian regolith analogues. Hyperfine Interact 70, 993–996 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02397495

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