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Biggest Martian Meteorite Is Up For Auction — And It Could Fetch a Whopping $4 Million
And It Could Fetch a Whopping $4 Million A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is ...
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World’s Largest Martian Meteorite Up For Auction Could Reach Whopping $2-4 Million
The meteorite is going up for auction on July 16 at Sotheby’s Natural History sale in New York, and it is estimated to reach ...
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You Can Buy a Martian Meteorite With Bitcoin—If You Have Upwards of $4 Million
Sotheby’s will auction massive Martian meteorite NWA 16788, and is accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC bids for a piece of ...
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'Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites' wins | EurekAlert!
The Springer book "Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites" by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood has been awarded the Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award 2009 by the Geoscience ...
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Carbon-Rich Meteorites Lose Their Shock Value After Exploding On Impact - Discover Magazine
Stony meteorites called chondrites, formed over 4 billion years ago, have given scientists a glimpse of the early Solar System. They are separated into multiple classes based on their chemical ...
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Darryl Pitt and other dealers are hoping an upcoming Christie's auction will send the values of meteorites—yes, cosmic debris—into the stratosphere | Crain's New York Business
More than a hundred meteorites ranging in weight from a few ounces to at least a half-ton will soon conclude their journey from the distant reaches of the solar system to the mainstream of the ...