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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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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.

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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 ...

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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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