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Largest-Known Martian Meteorite Lands on the Auction Block - The rock (NWA 16788) is estimated to fetch up to $4 million. Weighing 54 pounds, roughly that of a car tire, the meteorite is 70 percent larger than any other Martian fragment that has been discovered on Earth


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