In Moessbauer spectrum of Shisr 176 meteorite four main iron-bearing minerals were identified: olivine, pyroxene, kamacite and troilite. Iron distribution among this minerals in Shris meteorite is similar to Sołtmany meteorite and different than in Baszkówka meteorite. As these three meteorites are type L ordinary chondrites this comparison might be used as a basis of a new criterion of the classification of the meteorites.
Mössbauer studies of Chelyabinsk (LL5), Sołtmany (L6) and Grzempy (H5) show that the main iron bearing minerals in these meteorites are: Fe-Ni, troilite, olivine and pyroxene. Based on Mössbauer absorption area of different mineral phases, new set of parameters for classification of the ordinary chondrities were introduced. The most promising parameters are: the ratio of the olivine to pyroxene areas and the ratio of the silicate to metallic areas.
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