by A huge and “incredibly rare” piece of Mars, which falls to the fall in the Sahara, is sold for almost $ 2 million at an auction.
Sotheby’s in New York sells the 55-pound rock with the name NWA 16788 for more than $ 1.6 million, which, according to information, is the largest piece of Mars on Earth.
The red -brown Marsfein drove 140 million miles to earth before it was found in Niger by a meteorite hunter in Niger in 2023, according to the auction house.
The rock is about 70 percent larger than the next largest Mars piece of the earth and corresponds to almost 7 percent of all MS materials on the planet, said Sotheby’s.
“This Mars meteorite is the largest piece of Mars that we have ever found through a long shot” Assets.
An 11 -foot -Lang dinosaurs was also offered for sale in the auction house, which is estimated to be sold for $ 4 million and USD 6 million (EPA).
Hatton said that the stone was sent to a specialized laboratory for testing that was an “Olivin-Microgabroic Shergotit”, a kind of rock that was formed from the slow cooling of magma.
It is also a rare find. There are only 400 Martian meteorites from more than 77,000 officially recognized meteorites on Earth, says Sotheby’s.
It also has a glassy surface, probably due to the high heat it fell through the earth’s atmosphere, said Hatton. “So that was her first indication that this was not just a big stone on the floor,” she said.
It is not clear when the meteorite hit the earth, but tests show that this has probably happened in recent years, said Sotheby’s.
The meteorite was previously exhibited at the Italian space agency in Rome. Sotheby’s did not disclose the owner.
The Juvenile Ceratosaurus Nasicornis skeleton was found near Laramie, Wyoming, in the Bone Cabin Quarry (EPA) in 1996
In the meantime, a 11-foot dinosaurs in the auction house was offered for sale this week and is estimated to be sold for $ 4 million and $ 6 million.
The Juvenile Ceratosaurus Nasicornis skeleton was found near Laramie, Wyoming, in the quarry of the Bone Cabin in 1996.
It is believed that the late Cretaceous period was about 65 million years ago, said Sotheby’s. It is offered for sale on Wednesday.
Ceratosaurus dinosaurs were frozen with short arms of two, which seemed similar to the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but smaller.
