In-situ Mössbauer spectroscopy with MIMOS II

Fleischer, I.; Klingelhöfer, G.; Morris, R. V.; Schröder, Christian; Rodionov, D.; Souza, P. A. de

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“…Further development of Mössbauer spectrometers led to appearance of new possibilities in its applications. For example, the miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometer MIMOS II was developed by Göstar Klingelhöfer (1956Klingelhöfer ( -2019 and his team for the exploration of planetary surfaces (see [18] and references therein), the two of which were successfully used for the 2003 NASA (USA) Mars missions (for review see [19][20][21]). Mössbauer spectroscopy based on synchrotron radiation became a useful, precise, and fast instrument in the study of materials (see, e.g., [22,23]), which was applied for meteorite studies.…”

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Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part I: Undifferentiated Meteorites

Maksimova

Оштрах

2021

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Mössbauer (nuclear γ-resonance) spectroscopy is a powerful technique which is actively used in various fields from physics and chemistry to biology and medicine. Rudolf L. Mössbauer, who observed nuclear γ-resonance and published his results in 1958, got a Nobel Prize in physics in 1961 for this discovery. 57Fe is the most widely used nucleus in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Therefore, a large variety of compounds containing iron can be studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. It is well known that planetary matter contains various iron-bearing phases and minerals. Therefore, the extraterrestrial material from different meteorites, asteroids, and planets can be studied using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy as an additional powerful technique. Two parts of this review consider the results of more than 50 years of experience of Mössbauer spectroscopy applied for the studies of various meteorites, soils, and rocks from the Moon and a recent investigation of the Martian surface using two rovers equipped with miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometers. Part I considered the results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of undifferentiated meteorites. Part II discusses the results of Mössbauer spectroscopy of differentiated meteorites formed in asteroids and protoplanets due to matter differentiation, as well as Lunar and Martian matter.

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Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part I: Undifferentiated Meteorites

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2021

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“…The different sub-spectral areas obtained by a band fitting from the different samples show Fe oxide-content. Moreover, the Fe 3+/2+ oxide phases present on the different samples have a similar isomer shift (IS), quadrupole splitting (QS) and spectral line width (Fleischer et al, 2012). The observed presence of hematite, magnetite, goethite, and oxide phase with different degrees of crystallinity have been also confirmed by Raman analyses and XRD.…”

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Raman–Mössbauer–XRD studies of selected samples from “Los Azulejos” outcrop: A possible analogue for assessing the alteration processes on Mars

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Advances in Space Research

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The outcrop of ''Los Azulejos" is visible at the interior of the Cañ adas Caldera in Tenerife Island (Spain). It exhibits a great variety of alteration processes that could be considered as terrestrial analogue for several geological processes on Mars. This outcrop is particularly interesting due to the content of clays, zeolite, iron oxides, and sulfates corresponding to a hydrothermal alteration catalogued as ''Azulejos" type alteration. A detailed analysis by portable and laboratory Raman systems as well as other different techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mö ssbauer spectroscopy has been carried out (using twin-instruments from Martian lander missions: Mö ssbauer spectrometer MIMOS-II from the NASA-MER mission of 2001 and the XRD diffractometer from the NASA-MSL Curiosity mission of 2012). The mineral identification presents the following mineral species: magnetite, goethite, hematite, anatase, rutile, quartz, gregoryite, sulfate (thenardite and hexahydrite), diopside, feldspar, analcime, kaolinite and muscovite. Moreover, the in-situ Raman and MicroRaman measurements have been performed in order to compare the capabilities of the portable system specially focused for the next ESA Exo-Mars mission. The mineral detection confirms the sub-aerial alteration on the surface and the hydrothermal processes by the volcanic fluid circulations in the fresh part. Therefore, the secondary more abundant mineralization acts as the color agent of the rocks. Thus, the zeolite-illite group is the responsible for the bluish coloration, as well as the feldspars and carbonates for the whitish and the iron oxide for the redish parts. The XRD system was capable to detect a minor proportion of pyroxene, which is not visible by Raman and Mö ssbauer spectroscopy due to the ''Azulejos" alteration of the parent material on the outcrop. On the other hand, Mö ssbauer spectroscopy was capable of detecting different types of iron-oxides (Fe 3+/2+ -oxide phases). These analyses emphasize the strength of the different techniques and the working synergy of the three different techniques together for planetary space missions.

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“…The study of the surface of Mars by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy became possible with development of the miniaturized spectrometer MIMOS II (see [133][134][135]). Two robotic rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Missions named Spirit and Opportunity were equipped with MIMOS II spectrometers that recorded the backscattered Mössbauer spectra of the surface targets.…”

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Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars

2021

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Mössbauer (nuclear γ-resonance) spectroscopy is a powerful technique that is actively used in various fields, from physics and chemistry to biology and medicine. Rudolf L. Mössbauer, who observed nuclear γ-resonance and published his results in 1958, received a Nobel Prize in physics in 1961 for this discovery. The 57Fe is the most widely used nucleus in Mössbauer spectroscopy. Therefore, a large variety of compounds containing iron can be studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. It is well known that planetary matter contains various iron-bearing phases and minerals. Therefore, the extraterrestrial material from different meteorites, asteroids, and planets can be studied using 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy as additional powerful technique. Two parts of this review consider the results of more than 50 years of experience of Mössbauer spectroscopy applied for the studies of various meteorites, soils, and rocks from the Moon and recent investigation of the Mars surface using two rovers equipped with miniaturized Mössbauer spectrometers. Part I will discuss known results on Mössbauer spectroscopy of undifferentiated meteorites, which are the most primitive and formed with the solar system.

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In-situ Mössbauer spectroscopy with MIMOS II

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References 42 publications

Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part I: Undifferentiated Meteorites

Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part I: Undifferentiated Meteorites

Raman–Mössbauer–XRD studies of selected samples from “Los Azulejos” outcrop: A possible analogue for assessing the alteration processes on Mars

Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and Mars

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