Ca-Free Orthopyroxenes

Microprobe and Mössbauer data are also available for each of these samples. Click on the figures below to download an excel spreadsheet of the spectra.

When publishing these data, please reference:

Klima R. L., Pieters C. M. and Dyar M. D. 2007. Spectroscopy of synthetic Mg-Fe Pyroxenes I: Spin-allowed and spin-forbidden crystal field bands in the visible and near-infrared. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 42:235-253.