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Article Dans Une Revue Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy [1994-...] Année : 2005

The micro-distribution of carbonaceous matter in the Murchison meteorite as investigated by Raman imaging

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The carbonaceous Murchison chondrite is one of the most studied meteorites. It is considered to be an astrobiology standard for detection of extraterrestrial organic matter. Considerable work has been done to resolve the elemental composition of this meteorite. Raman spectroscopy is a very suitable technique for non-destructive rapid in situ analyses to establish the spatial distribution of carbonaceous matter. This report demonstrates that Raman cartography at a resolution of 1 ?m2 can be performed. Two-dimensional distribution of graphitised carbon, amorphous carbonaceous matter and minerals were obtained on 100 ?m2 maps. Maps of the surface of native stones and of a powdered sample are compared. Graphitic and amorphous carbonaceous domains are found to be highly overlapping in all tested areas at the surface of the meteorite and in its interior as well. Pyroxene, olivine and iron oxide grains are embedded into this mixed carbonaceous material. The results show that every mineral grain with a size of less than a few ?m2 is encased in a thin carbonaceous matrix, which accounts for only 2.5 wt.%. This interstitial matter sticks together isolated mineral crystallites or concretions, including only very few individualized graphitised grains. Grinding separates the mineral particles but most of them retain their carbonaceous coating. This Raman study complements recent findings deduced from other spatial analyses performed by microprobe laser-desorption laser-ionisation mass spectrometry (?L2MS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM).

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hal-00069221 , version 1 (16-05-2006)

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Chahrazade El Amri, Marie-Christine Maurel, Gérard Sagon, Marie-Hélène Baron. The micro-distribution of carbonaceous matter in the Murchison meteorite as investigated by Raman imaging. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy [1994-..], 2005, 61(9), pp.2049-2056. ⟨10.1016/j.saa.2004.08.005⟩. ⟨hal-00069221⟩
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