Mossbauer studies of Sołtmany meteorite - preliminary results

In Mossbauer spectra of the Sołtmany meteorite we identified four iron-bearing minerals: olivine, pyroxene, kamacite and troilite. The distribution of iron among these minerals is different in the Sołtmany meteorite from this distribution in the Baszkowka meteorite. As Sołtmany and Baszkowka meteorites are ordinary chondrites type L (both falls), differences in the distribution of iron over the four main iron-bearing mineral phases could be the basis for a new classification of L-type ordinary chondrites. Small amounts of taenite were also observed in the Sołtmany meteorite. The ratio of iron in kamacite and taenite in the Sołtmany meteorite was found to be about 3. No Fe3+ could be detected.