Nov 11, 2014 8:30 AM

Gallery: Space Rocks for Sale! Buy a Piece of the Moon or Mars

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Lot-17-Seymchan-Sphere
This piece of the Seymchan meteorite, which was discovered in Russia in 1967, was shaped into a sphere. Golden gems of a mineral called olivine are embedded in iron nickel, forming a type of meteorite called a pallasite. $5,000
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Lot-8-Seymchan-Small
A piece of the Seymchan meteorite. $6,500

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Lot 25-Seymchan end piece
Another piece of the Seymchan meteorite. $48,000
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Lot 1-Gibeon
This iron meteorite originated in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. $45,000

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Lot-2-Admire
This pallasite, found in Kansas in 1881, was part of an asteroid that broke apart 100 million years ago. $2,000
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Lot-29-Imilac-large
A slice of the Imilac meteorite, which was discovered in the Atacama Desert in Chile in 1822. $14,000

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Lot 12-NWA 7397
This meteorite was blasted off the surface of Mars. It was found in Morocco in 2012. $26,000
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Lot-20-Imilac-Slice
A partial slice of the Imilac Meteorite. $1,000

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Lot 13-NWA 5000
A part of a lunar meteorite found in Morocco in 2007. $110,000
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Lot 19-Agoudal
An iron meteorite found in Morocco in 2007. $65,000

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Lot 30-NWA 7502
The cheapest of the lot, this meteorite contains dust from the early solar system. $450
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Lot-4-Silkhote-Alin-Large
In 1947, a 70-metric-ton chunk of iron exploded 6 km over Siberia, creating a fireball brighter than the sun. This is one of those Sikhote-Alin meteorites. $2,000

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Lot-22-Gibeon-Sphere
This spherically shaped piece of a Gibeon meteorite was forged in the core of an asteroid. $500

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