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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 ...
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 ...
Largest Piece Of Mars On Earth Sold At Auction For Record-Breaking $5.3 Million
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, believed to be the largest piece of the planet currently on Earth, sold in a Sotheby’s auction for $5.3 million after a 15-minute bidding war to quickly become the most ...
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Martian meteorite NWA 16788 set for record auction sale - New Atlas
Discover the story of NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite on Earth, set to break records at Sotheby’s Geek Week auction in July 2025. If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would ...
Meteorite fragments found in the Sahara turn out to be from the most mysterious planet in our solar system
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...