Moessbauer study of the Ordinary-Chondrite meteorite Thylacine Hole-001

摘要

The Thylacine Hole-001 meteorite was recovered from the Nullarbor Desert (Australia) in 1977 and is an Ordinary Chondrite, Group H4/5br, which has undergone moderate to severe (B/C) weathering. We have characterised the Fe-bearing phases in Thylacine Hole-001 by ~(57)Fe Moessbauer Spectroscopy at 300 K, 100 K, 50 K and 4 K. The spectrum at 300 K is dominated by the paramagnetic doublets of Olivine, Pyroxene and a Ferric component which is most likely nanopar-ticulate Goethite. Magnetically split sextets due to Maghemite or Magnetite are also present, consistent with the relatively advanced terrrestrial age of 28,500 yrs The nanoparticulate Goethite component shows a blocked, magnetically split sextet at low temperatures. We also observe the effects of magnetic ordering of the Olivine and Pyroxene below 50 K.