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Created: 2025-07-22 10:11:13 UTC

Largest Mars rock ever found on Earth was found in Africa and sold for $4.3m at auction.

Allegedly, the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth, called NWA 16788, was discovered in the "Sahara Desert in Niger". Specifically, it was found in the remote Agadez region by a meteorite hunter in November 2023.

The meteorite known as NWA 16788 weighs 541b (24.5kg) and s nearly 15in (38.1cm) long, according to Sotheby's was discovered in the Sahara Desert after been blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveling about XXX million miles (225 million kilometers) to Earth, according to Sotheby’s.

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