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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction


It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday.

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