Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

A massive Martian meteorite is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York. The meteorite, named NWA 16788, weighs 54 pounds. It is considered the largest fragment of Mars found on Earth. The auction ...

The ratio of lead and potassium-argon isotopes in this block of mineral components including olivine, pyroxene, feldspar and glass gives it an age of roughly 4.57 billion years, which makes it ...

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 ...

Only 400 known Martian meteorites exist and NWA 16788 is the largest and the rarest. It’s composition is 21.2% maskelynite (a crystalized glass material) pyroxene and olivine.

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It is notable among pyroxene minerals for its long, needlelike crystals. This mineral is found in moon rocks and stony meteorites.

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