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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 ...
World’s biggest Mars rock sells for $5.3 million at auction
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.
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 ...
Largest Martian meteorite sells for a whopping $5.3M at auction: ‘Geological time capsule from another world’
This record-breaking rock had losing bidders seeing red. At one of Sotheby’s Geek Week events, hosted at NYC’s own American ...
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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 ...
Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells at New York auction for over $5 million
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
Largest Mars rock found on Earth sold for $4.3M at Sotheby's auction
The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $4.3 million.