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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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Playing the Meteorite Market - Discover Magazine
In 1999, 45 northwest African meteorites were classified. Now it’s about 400 per year, but the number doesn’t fully capture the value of what’s coming out of the desert. More extraordinary specimens ...
Largest ever chunk of Mars which fell to Earth in meteor strike goes up for auction
"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...
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Carbon-Rich Meteorites Lose Their Shock Value After Exploding On Impact
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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On the hunt for meteorites in the far reaches of the Sahara
Though meteorites fall with the same frequency around the world, scientists say, they are especially easy to spot in places like this, ... said Bagouma, did he find a stone of any value, ...