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Selected applications of 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy to mineral studies

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The microscopic models which are commonly used to interpret the temperature variations of the centre shifts and quadrupole splittings observed from the Mössbauer spectra of iron-containing minerals are briefly presented and illustrated using the results of recent studies of ortho- and clinopyroxenes. The importance of applied-field Mössbauer spectroscopy for the determination of the electric field gradient is indicated. Aspects of the magnetic spectra of Fe2+-bearing minerals emphasise the benefit of using external fields to elucidate the nature of the magnetic ordering. Two Fe3+ minerals, bernalite and franklinite, serve as examples to illustrate this point. Finally, two applications of the Mössbauer milliprobe technique are presented: the characterisation of inclusions in diamond, and the determination of the oxidation state of a new iron uranyl sulfate mineral, deliensite.

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  2. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    C.A. McCammon

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De Grave, E., Eeckhout, S. & McCammon, C. Selected applications of 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy to mineral studies. Hyperfine Interactions 122, 21–38 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012629202835

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