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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