Abstract
57Fe Mossbauer spectra of hypersthene, a natural silicate mineral belonging to the orthopyroxene group, have been taken over the temperature range 77–292 K. At temperatures above 77 K, they show asymmetric quadrupole peaks. This asymmetry arises from the overlapping of two quadrupole doublets from Fe2+(3d6,5D) ions in two different sites (M1 and M2). The quadrupole splitting, isomer shift and their temperature dependence are appreciably different for Fe2+ ions in the two sites. The Fe2+ quadrupole splitting in the M1 site decreases linearly with temperature, which can be explained quite satisfactorily by using a very simple model of the orbit-lattice interaction.
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