穆斯堡尔效应已经广泛用于含铁矿物和陨石的研究。一般来说,假设矿物中一种结构位置上铁离子将会在它的穆斯堡尔谱中形成一个四极双峰或一组磁六线谱。铬铁矿是一种组分为(Mg,Fe~(2+))(Fe~(3+),Cr~(3+),Al)_2O_4的富铬尖晶石。以往曾使用上面的假设解释铬铁矿的穆斯 Mossbauer effect has been widely used in the study of iron-bearing minerals and meteorites. In general, it is assumed that ferric ions at one structural site in a mineral will form a quadrupole bimodal or set of magnetic hexads in its Mössbauer spectrum. Chromite is a chromium-rich spinel with (Mg, Fe ~ (2 +)) (Fe ~ (3 +), Cr ~ (3 +), Al) _2O_4. In the past, the above assumptions have been used to explain the muscim of chromite