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Who wants to buy a piece of Mars?
The largest piece of Mars on Earth became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s annual ”Geek Week,” ...
Largest Mars rock ever found on Earth sells for $4.3m at auction
The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on ...
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
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Meteorite from Mars fetches $5.3 million at auction
The largest known piece of Mars on planet Earth sold today for $5.3m in an auction at Sotheby's in New York City. The meteorite, designated NWA 16788, weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms) and is the ...
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The largest known Martian meteorite just sold for more than $5 million
A martian meteorite — the largest single piece of rock from Mars known to be on Earth — just sold at auction for $5.3 million ...
Largest Martian meteorite sells for a whopping $5.3M at auction: ‘Geological time capsule from another world’
This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did it fetch the highest price of any meteorite ever, it’s also the largest, ...
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The largest chunk of Mars on Earth just fetched a meteoric sum at auction, but bidders really bit at a baby dinosaur skeleton
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
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'Largest Piece Of Mars On Earth' Sells For $5.3M At NYC Auction
A massive meteorite called the "largest piece of Mars on Earth" was sold for millions of dollars at a New York City auction. A bidder won the 55-pound space rock for $5,296,000 on Wednesday, July 16, ...