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Biggest Chunk of Mars on Earth Sells for $5.3M at Auction
NIGER, JUL 21 – Niger has launched a probe into suspected illicit trafficking after a 24.5kg Martian meteorite sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, one of fewer than 400 such fragments worldwide.
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The last two weeks of July, the bidding houses usually take advantage to finish works that do not have so much interest among the public. At the auction of minerals and meteorites last Thursday 17, in the New York room, Sotheby’s impacted the world of these Martian stones by placing NWA 16788, of 24.67 kilograms, the largest piece (374.7 x 279.4 x 152.4 mm) coming from Mars found on Earth, for 5,296,000 dollars (4,556,000 euros).
Niger Launches Investigation into $5.3 Million Sale of Martian Meteorite in the U.S. - teleSUR English
Nigerian authorities have opened an investigation after a meteorite fragment from the Ténéré desert was sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. The government suspects the transaction may involve illegal trafficking and is seeking to determine how the fragment left the country. RELATED: Ecuador’s Municipality Declares Emergency After the Murder of 9 On July 18, Niger’s executive branch announced the establishment of a special c…
Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found on Earth Sells for $4.3M
Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found on Earth Sells for $4.3M at Auction View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC News (@bbcnews) Mars may be about 140 million miles away from Earth, but a piece of the Red Planet was discovered a little closer to home. In November 2023, a 54-pound and nearly 15-inch-long meteorite known as NWA 16788 was unearthed in the Sahara Desert in Nigeria’s Agadez region, joining the list of about 400 other …
NIGER TO PROBE SALE OF WORLD’S BIGGEST MARS ROCK IN THE US
Wed 23 July 2025: The Niger says it will open an investigation following the auction in the United States of America of a meteorite discovered in the West African country. “The Council of Ministers was informed of the auction in the United States of America for nearly US$5 million of a meteorite discovered in the […]
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