Study of Bursa L6 ordinary chondrite by X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy

Alevtina A. Maksimova, Evgeniya V. Petrova, Andrey V. Chukin, Ozan Unsalan, Ábel Szabó, Zoltán Dankházi, Israel Felner, Dmitry A. Zamyatin, Ernő Kuzmann, Zoltán Homonnay, Michael I. Oshtrakh*

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Abstract

We report the results of the complex study of the bulk interior of Bursa L6 ordinary chondrite using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The main and minor iron-bearing phases and their chemical compositions were determined by these techniques. The detected iron-bearing phases in the bulk interior of Bursa L6 are the following: olivine; orthopyroxene; Ca-rich clinopyroxene; troilite; chromite; hercynite; ilmenite; the α2-Fe(Ni, Co), α-Fe(Ni, Co), and γ-Fe(Ni, Co) phases; and ferrihydrite resulting from meteorite terrestrial weathering. Using the EMPA, the values of fayalite and ferrosilite were obtained as ~25.2% and ~21.4%, respectively. The unit cell parameters for silicate crystals were determined from XRD, then the Fe2+ and Mg2+ occupations of the M1 and M2 sites in these crystals were estimated. Further calculations of the ratios of the Fe2+ occupancies in the M1 and M2 sites in olivine and orthopyroxene based on XRD and Mössbauer spectroscopy appeared to be in a good agreement. The temperatures of equilibrium cation distributions for olivine and orthopyroxene obtained from these techniques are consistent: 623 K (XRD) and 625 K (Mössbauer spectroscopy) for olivine and 1138 K (XRD) and 1122 K (Mössbauer spectroscopy) for orthopyroxene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2780-2793
Number of pages14
JournalMeteoritics and Planetary Science
Volume55
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

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