$\text{}^{57}$Fe Hyperfine Field Anisotropy in Ferrites and its Relation to the Non-Uniformity of the Ionic Surrounding

The hyperfine field anisotropy tensors, obtained from analysis of $\text{}^{57}$Fe NMR spectra for iron sites in various magnetic oxides (barium hexaferrite, lithium spinel, magnetite and yttrium-iron garnet) were used to investigate the relation between the hf anisotropy and surrounding ionic arrangement. While a reasonable correlation has been found when the distribution of the nearest cations was considered, no correlation was obtained between the hyperfine field anisotropy and the positions of the nearest oxygen anions.z