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Record US$5.3M Sale of Largest Mars Rock Sparks Global Dispute


The recent auction of a Martian meteorite – for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York – has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens.

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