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| Basic information | Name: Albion This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1966 Country: United States Mass:  12.28 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 83 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Iron, IVA. [show all] Search for other: Iron meteorites, IVA irons, and Metal-rich meteorites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 81:
Albion Whitman County, Washington State, USA Found 1966 Iron, fine octahedrite (group IVA) A single 12.28 kg mass was found on a wheat farm by K. Oliphant. Description and classification (C. F. Lewis, ASU; J. T. Wasson, UCLA): bulk composition, 8.20 wt% Ni, 2.04 ppm Ga; bandwidth ~0.3 mm; very similar to Gibeon in composition and appearance but contains vugs with botryoidal linings (see Marvin et al., 1996). Specimens: type specimen, ASU; main mass, unknown. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
ASU: Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 14 Jan 2012) UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 81, MAPS 32, A159-A166 (1997)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 6 approved meteorites from Washington, United States (plus 1 unapproved name) This is 1 of 1894 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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