New York City recently hosted the auction of rare geological and archaeological objects where the largest piece of Mars has ever found found, sold for more than $ 5 million.
However, it was a rare young skeleton of dinosaurs that actually stole the show when it brought more than $ 30 million in bidding madness.
The largest Martian meteorite rock on earth
The 54 -pound rock (25 kilograms), officially named NWA 16788, was sold for approximately $ 5.3 million, including fees and costs, making it the most valuable meteorite ever auctioned.
The rock was discovered in the desert of Sahara, Niger Meteorite Hunter in November 2023, after being thrown out of the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike, according to the Sotheby report, cited, etc.
The red, brown and gray meteorite is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars on Earth and represents almost 7% of all Martian pieces currently on this planet, and, etc.
Cassandra Hatton, vice -chairwoman of science and natural history in Sotheby’s, emphasized the rarity of the finding and noted that only 400 Martian meteorites from more than 77,000 officially recognized meteorites found on Earth are Martian.
“This Martian meteorite is the biggest piece of Mars we’ve ever found a long shot,” Hatton said. “So it’s more than double the size of what we thought was the biggest piece of Mars.”
Auction
The theft of the show was a rare young skeleton of dinosaurs, which brought a stunning $ 30.5 million, including fees and costs after six minutes of war offer among six participants.
The skeleton is identified as Ceratosaurus nasicornis, which is one of the four known skeletons of its kind and the only juvenile. The species resembles tyrannosaurus rex, but is smaller.
The offer began with a high -advanced $ 6 million offer, escalating quickly during a live round with offers of $ 500,000 higher than the last and later $ 1 million higher than the last before the end of $ 26 million.
The winner plans to rent a dinosaur skeleton for the institution, Sotheby’s AP.
This sales indicate the third highest amount paid as dinosaur in the auction. Stegosaurus called “Apex” holds a record after it was sold for $ 44.6 million last year with Sotheby’s.
Parts of youthful dinosaur were found in 1996 near Laramia in Wyoming at Bone Cabin quarry, which is considered a gold mine for the bones of dinosaurs. Last year it was acquired by Fossilogic, fossil preparation and assembly based on Utah.
The skeleton is more than 6 feet high (2 meters) and almost 11 feet (3 meters) long and it is believed to belong to the later Hiurassic period, about 150 million years ago.
Ceratosaurus dinosaurs could grow up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) long, while T. Rex could be 40 feet long (12 meters), the press agency reported.
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