Collection, database and Exhibition

Donator list : 

– Ader Magali                – Farges Francois       – Mojzsis Stephen    – Thomazo Christophe

– Afroz Munira              – Fogret Laurane       – Monod Théodore    – Tribovillard Nicolas

– Aritztegui Daniel        – Hohl Simon              – Monty Claude         – Vennin Emmanuelle

– Babonneau Nathalie   – Homann Martin      – Philippot Pascal      – Visscher Pieter    

– Benzerara Karim        – Hubert H.                 – Rouchy J.M.          – Wattinne Aurélia

– Bodeur Yves                 – Konhauser Kurt      – Saint-Martin J.P   – Wilmeth Dylan   

– Caby Renaud               – Lacombe                   – Sans-Jofre P.         – Zawaski Mike

– Cornée Annie               – Lalonde Stefan         – Sarfati Janine       – Van Zuilen Mark

– d’Orbigny Alcide         – Lopes Ugo                 – Shapiro Russel     – 

Welcome to the MNHN Microbialite Collection


The Microbialite Collection Of The National Museum Of Natural History In Paris Contains More Than 1300 Specimens Of Microbialites Spanning  3.5 Billions Of History Of Life On Earth. Made Thanks To 36 Contributors This Collection Is Now Headed By A Scientific Committee That Evaluate Consequent Project.  In This Section We Present Each Specimen And Its Associated Dataset When Available.

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The MNHN Microbialite Collection :

The collection is available and accessible at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. 

Questions or remark can be done directly by emailing at pierre.sans-jofre@mnhn.fr

Request and access to the collection may go through the website : http://colhelper.mnhn.fr

of the museum

Scientific committee :

Pierre Sans-Jofre, Pascal Philippot, Karim Benzerara, Marie-Béatrice Forel, Sylvain Charbonnier and Stefan Lalonde.

 

Richat crater, Mauritania, 8000 Years
Gg 2021-020

 

Types : Microbialites, Stromatolites, Columnar, Branched, Dichotomous

 

 

Mineralogy : Calcite 

 

Data files: Yes 

 

Publications : 

 

Number of samples : 13 of hand specimens

 

Collected by : Janine Sarfati 

 

Donation by : Janine Sarfati

 

Shark Bay, Australia
Gg 2021-106

 

Types : Microbialites, Stromatolites, Domal

 

 

Mineralogy : Calcite, Aragonite 

 

Data files: Yes 

 

Publications : 

 

Number of samples : 2 Domes

 

Collected by : Jean-Marie Rouchy

 

Donation by : Jean-Marie Rouchy

 

North Pole, Dresser, Australia, 3,49 Gy
Gg 2021-36

Types : Microbialites


Mineralogy : Chert 

 

Data files: Yes 

Publications : 

Number of samples : 1 samples

Collected by : Pascal Philippot

Donation by : Pascal Philippot

Ouarzazate, Morocco, 515 My
Gg 2021-66

Types : Microbialite, Stromatolite, Domal

Mineralogy : Carbonate and Chert 

 

Data files: Yes 

Publications : 

Number of samples : 1 samples

Collected by : G. Choubert – H Holland, Jean Paul st Martin

Donation by : Jean-Paul Saint-Martin

Barberton, Moodies Group, South Africa, 3.22 Gy
Gg 2021-02

 

Types : Microbialite

 

Mineralogy : Silicoclastic

Data files: Yes 

 

Publications : Homann et al. (2018). Microbial life and biogeochemical cycling on land 3,220 million years ago. Nature Geoscience11(9), 665-671.

 

Number of samples : 1 samples

 

Collected by : Martin Homann

 

Donation by : Martin Homann

 

Pilbara, Tumbiana, Australia, 2.7 Gy
Gg 2021 42

Types : Microbialite, Stromatolite, Dome

Mineralogy : Carbonate

 

Data files: Yes 


Publications : 


Number of samples : 1 samples


Collected by : Pascal Philippot


Donation by : Pascal Philippot

El Molino, Potosi, Bolivia, 70 My
Gg 2009 - 5094

 

Types : Microbialite, Stromatolite, Dome

 

Mineralogy : Carbonate

 

Data files: Yes 

 

Publications : 

 

 

Number of samples : 1 samples

 

 

Collected by : Jean-Marie Rouchy

 

Donation by : Jean-Marie Rouchy

 

Limagne, France, 23 My
Gg 2021 - 110

 

Types : Microbialite, Stromatolite

 

Mineralogy : Carbonate

 

Data files: 

 

Publications : 

 

 

Number of samples : 1 samples

 

 

Collected by : Aurelia Wattinne

 

Donation by : Aurelia Wattinne

 

Montpellier, France, 40 My
Gg 2021 - 48

 

Types : Microbialite, Stromatolite, Oncoide

 

Mineralogy : Carbonate

 

Data files: 

 

Publications : 

 

 

Number of samples : 1 samples

 

 

Collected by : Pierre Sans-Jofre

 

Donation by : Pierre Sans-Jofre