	New England Meteoritical Services Albion IVA Fine Octahedrite Enlargement On first inspection, the Albion octahedrite appears to be a typical IVA fine octahedrite, but a closer look reveals properties which we didn't think could exist in an iron meteorite. The Albion meteorite contains vugs (cavities) in the metal that are lined with iron crystal-coated globular structures. This phenomenon is not understood based on our current theories of planetary differentiation and the formation of nickel-iron cores. Albion is a fine octahedrite. This slice was sectioned along an octahedral plane. Albion has been the focus of some very detailed analysis by the scientific community. For a more detailed discussion of this meteorite see Albion, A New Iron Meteorite from the November 1995 issue of METEORITE! Magazine Preliminary Observations On Drusy Vugs in the Albion Iron Meteoritepresented at the 27th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas USA, March 1996 Drusy Vugs in the Albion Iron Meteorite presented at the annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Berlin, Germany, July 1996. Back to Iron Meteorite Photos Back to Meteorite Photo Gallery New England Meteoritical Services