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Largest piece of Mars rock goes for $5.3 million

The Largest Piece of Mars in the World Just Sold for a Record $5.3 Million

A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive meteorite ever sold at auction.

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for nearly $5.3 million at auction

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.

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Largest Mars rock found on Earth sees $4.3M bid 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 $5.3 million.

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What the $5.3 Million Martian Meteorite Reveals About Mars—and What It Can’t

There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet.” In those words, geochemist Ralph Harvey encapsulates the scientific ...

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A chunk of Mars just sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at auction

Yesterday, auction house Sotheby’s just auctioned off the largest known Martian meteorite. The stone NWA 16788 sold for $5.3 million, more than expected and the highest price ever for a meteorite. The ...

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Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars

Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a ...

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