Largest Mars meteorite on Earth heads to auction with $4 million estimate

The largest piece of well -known Mars that is found on the ground rises at a auction on Wednesday and can bring up to 4 million dollars due to the scarcity of the element outside the ground.

The Sotheby auction house opens bidding on a meteorite called “incredibly rare discovery”, at $ 1.6 million.

According to the auction site, the offers of the offers offer the largest piece of Mars on the ground, which was removed from the surface of Mars by a huge asteroid blow.

After the strike, the rock traveled 140 million miles across space and was hit by the atmosphere of the Earth before it crashed into the desert desert.

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The rock was discovered on November 16, 2023 by the meteor hunter in the Niger region.

NWA 16788 is about 70 % larger than the largest piece of Mars found on the ground.

According to the post auction, cutting Mars “incredibly rare”. There are currently more than 77,000 meteorites recognized on earth, and among these, only 400 of Mars and have a common weight of 825 pounds.

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Sothebez said that NWA 16788 weighs 24.67 kg, or about 54 pounds, equivalent to 6.5 % of all Mars materials currently known on the ground.

Nizak 14.75 to 11 inches to 6 inches is covered in what Sotheby described as a “brown brown crust” that gives the Hue Mars, which is unambiguous.

NWA 16788 contains superficial declines, experts say from friction heating when the Mars rock fell into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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The person takes a picture of Mars. (Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images / Getty Images)

It also has a minimum groundwater, which the auction list says that its physical and chemical formula has not been changed significantly since its arrival in the desert.

“In other words, NWA 16,788 is a relatively new coming on Earth, as it fell from outer space recently,” Sothebez said.

Nazurit is publicly sold as part of the sale of the natural history of Sotheby, which is characterized by NWA 16788, as well as other natural wonders, minerals and fossils.

One of the auctioned fossils is a skeleton ready for the exhibition of Ceratosaurus Nasicornis events, which can go from 4 to 6 million dollars.

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NWA 16788 direct auction starts at 10 am on July 16. Bidding opens at $ 1.6 million, and Sotheby says it is estimated to be purchased for $ 2 to 4 million dollars.