PARIS

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Paris

19°47.139’N, 55°51.21’E

Unknown location Find: 2001 Carbonaceous chondrite (CM)

History: This sample was in an auction box lot bought by Jean-Jacques Corré at the Hotel des Ventes in Paris. The box was part of the estate of Jean Simon Colonna-Cimera, an “Ingénieur des Mines,” who supervised mines in foreign countries and in the French Colonies. Corré thought that the stone might be a meteorite but kept it for 7 years before attempting to have it identified. Physical characteristics: One complete, fresh stone weighing 1.370 kg and covered with a very black fusion crust (Fig. 6). Petrography: (M. Bourot-Denise, B. Zanda, MNHNP): The stone contains abundant metal and refractory inclusions up to 800 μm in size. The chondrules (up to 1 mm in size) are well preserved, although their mesostases are altered to phyllosilicates. The finegrained matrix is heterogeneous and contains zones with abundant sulfides (pyrrhotite and pentlandite), zones with magnetites, and zones with PCPs. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa0.2–55, CaO = 0.35, Cr2O3 = 0.35); low-Ca pyroxene (Fs0.6–4.4). Minor phases: kamacite (average: Ni = 5.5, Co = 0.22), tochilinite, pyrrhotite, pentlandite, magnetite (pure Fe3O4); calcite and PCPs (average: FeO = 52, SiO2 = 12, S = 9). (EPMA and expressed in wt%). Oxygen isotopes: δ18O=3.34‰, δ17O= -1.37‰. Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM), no signs of terrestrial weathering or shock (chondrules are perfectly spherical). Chondrules are more abundant and phyllosilicates less abundant than in CM2s. PCP averages 4.51 for FeO⁄SiO2 and 0.77 for S⁄SiO2, well out of the ranges defined by Rubin et al. (2007), making Paris significantly less aqueously altered than any known CM2. Oxygen isotopes also place it toward the least hydrated end of CM chondrites. Specimens: The mass of 1.275 kg and one thin section are on deposit at MNHNP.

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Scientific literature:

Paris vs. Murchison: Impact of hydrothermal alteration on organic matter in CM chondrites
V. Vinogradoff, C. Le Guillou, S. Bernard, L. Binet, P. Cartigny, A.J. Brearley, L. Remusat
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 June 2017
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Mineralogical, crystallographic and redox features of the earliest stages of fluid alteration in CM chondrites
Isabella Pignatelli, Yves Marrocchi, Enrico Mugnaioli, Franck Bourdelle, Matthieu Gounelle
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Available online 19 April 2017
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Non Destructive IR Micro-Imaging of the Paris Meteorite
Z. Dionnet, A. Aléon-Toppani, F. Borondics, R. Brunetto, Z. Djouadi, D. Troadec
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1466
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Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules from the Paris CM2 Chondrite
N. Chaumard, C. Defouilloy, N. T. Kita, A. Hertwig
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1610
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Water in type I chondrules of Paris CM chondrite
A. Stephant, L. Remusat, F. Robert
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 November 2016
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Inward Radial Mixing of Interstellar Water Ices in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Johan Villeneuve, and Matthieu Gounelle
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 827, Number 1, published 2016 August 2
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GEMS-like material in the matrix of the Paris meteorite and the early stages of alteration of CM chondrites
H. Leroux, P. Cuvillier, B. Zanda, R.H. Hewins
In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2015
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An American on Paris: Extent of aqueous alteration of a CM chondrite and the petrography of its refractory and amoeboid olivine inclusions
Rubin, A. E.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12482
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The Insoluble Organic Matter of the Paris CM Chondrite
Vinogradoff V., Remusat L., Bernard S., Le Guillou C.
78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015)
Berkeley, USA, July 27-31 2015
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The amino acid and hydrocarbon contents of the Paris meteorite:
Insights into the most primitive CM chondrite

Zita Martins, Paola Modica, Brigitte Zanda and Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt
Meteoritics & Science Planetary 1-18 (2015)
Article first published online: 20 APR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12442
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Oxygen Isotopic Composition of an Unusual Clast in the Paris CM Meteorite
Mostefaoui, S.; Caillet Komorowski, C.; Boudouma, O.; Godard, G.; Fialin, M.
77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 7–12, 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco. LPI Contribution No. 1800, id.5267 (09/2014)
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The Paris CM chondrite: Secondary minerals and asteroidal processing
Marrocchi, Yves; Gounelle, Matthieu; Blanchard, Ingrid; Caste, Florent; Kearsley, Anton T.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 49, Issue 7, pages 1232–1249, July 2014
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A TEM Study of Exsolution in Ca-Rich Pyroxenes from the Paris Meteorite: Determination of Type I Chondrule Cooling Rates
Cuvillier, P.; Chaumard, N.; Leroux, H.; Zanda, B.; Hewins, R. H.; Jacob, D.; Devouard, B.
45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 17-21 March, 2014 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1777, p.1711
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Sub-Micrometer Composition Fields of Acfer 094 and Paris Matrices
Leroux, H.; Cuvillier, P.; Zanda, B.; Hewins, R. H.
45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 17-21 March, 2014 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1777, p.1706 (03/2014)
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Degree of Aqueous Alteration in CM2 Paris and the Petrography of its Refractory and Amoeboid Olivine Inclusions
Rubin, A. E.
45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 17-21 March, 2014 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1777, p.1130 (03/2014)
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The Paris meteorite, the least altered CM chondrite so far
Hewins, Roger H.; Bourot-Denise, Michèle; Zanda, Brigitte; Leroux, Hugues; Barrat, Jean-Alix; Humayun, Munir; Göpel, Christa; Greenwood, Richard C.; Franchi, Ian A.; Pont, Sylvain; and 7 coauthors
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 124, 1 January 2014, Pages 190–222
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Correlated Petrologic and Mg-Isotopic Studies of an Unusual Igneous Fragment in the Paris CM Chondrite
Caillet Komorowski, C.; Mostefaoui, S.; Boudouma, O.; Godard, G.; Fialin, M.
76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held July 29-August 7, 2013 in Edmonton, Canada. Published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement, id.5199 (09/2013)
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The Soluble Organic Content of the Paris Meteorite — The Most Primitive CM Chondrite
Martins, Z.; Modica, P.; Sephton, M. A.; Zanda, B.; d’Hendecourt, L. 76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held July 29-August 7, 2013 in Edmonton, Canada. Published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement, id.5115 (09/2013)
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A TEM Investigation of the Fine-Grained Matrix of the Paris CM Chondrite
Leroux, H.; Cuvillier, P.; Zanda, B.; Hewins, R. H.
44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 18-22, 2013 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1719, p.1528 (03/2013)
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Hydrogen Isotopic Compositions and Water Contents in Type I Chondrules of Paris CM Chondrite
Stephant, A.; Rémusat, L.; Robert, F.
44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 18-22, 2013 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1719, p.1560 (03/2013)
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Hydrocarbon Materials of Likely Interstellar Origin from the Paris Meteorite
S. Merouane, Z. Djouadi, L. Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, B. Zanda, and J. Borg
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 756, Number 2
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Cluster Ion Imaging of the ’’Paris’’ Meteorite
M. Noun, B. Nsouli , D. Baklouti , R. Brunetto, F. Jamme, C. Sandt , P. Dumas , L. d’Hendecourt, and S. Della-Negra
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VIDEO

‘Paris’ presented by B. Zanda in the French evening news 20 heures on channel France 2 (2 February 2010)
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B. Zanda talks about ‘Paris’ in her presentation
Les météorites, témoins de la formation du Soleil et des planètes
during Les Mardis de l’Espace des sciences on 15 December 2009 (20:32 – 22:33 min.)

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AUDIO

La météorite Paris : mieux connaître l’âge du système solaire ?
Avec les cosmochimistes Brigitte Zanda et Matthieu Gounelle au Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Canal Académie (16:49 min.)
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