Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set for auction at Sotheby's in New York.

New York: For sale: A 25-kilogram rock. Estimated auction price: $US2 million to $US4 million ($6 million). Why so expensive?

The biggest piece of mars around 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock is up for auction in New York city. Its estimated auction price is about $2 million to $4 million.

Sotheby's in New York is auctioning a 54-pound meteorite, the largest Martian rock ever found on Earth, with an estimated ...

Every now and then, a piece of Mars comes crashing down on Earth, but in 2023, an exceptionally large Martian meteorite fell out of the sky and landed in Niger. This chunk, the largest meteorite from ...

NWA 16788 was unearthed in November 2023 by a meteorite hunter in the remote Agadez region of Niger, a location better known ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... as sodium-rich plagioclase (such as albite), iron-poor pyroxene (for example enstatite), iron-poor ...

A rare meteorite that traveled 36 million miles on its journey to Earth could become the most expensive space rock ever sold ...

Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning what's known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale that ...

But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the Moon and Mars. ... Both meteorites contain olivine and pyroxene, minor albitic plagioclase and oldhamite.

But we have 1,000 or so meteorites that come from the moon and Mars. ... Both meteorites contain olivine and pyroxene, minor albitic plagioclase and oldhamite.