Largest piece of Mars rock goes for $5.3 million
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What the $5.3 Million Martian Meteorite Reveals About Mars—and What It Can’tThere’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet.” In those words, geochemist Ralph Harvey encapsulates the scientific significance behind the record-breaking sale of a 54-pound Martian meteorite at Sotheby’s in New York.