How valuable is the rock from Mars?

So far, no Mars probe has brought rocks to Earth, but many rocks from the Red Planet have appeared on the market and are sold at very high prices.

>>>Stone from Mars falls to earth

In late May, a shiny black Martian rock, so small that it could fit in the palm, was sold for $ 43,750 (more than 900 million dong). This rock is part of the Tissint meteorite - it looks like a fireball when it falls into the Tissint desert (Morocco) on July 18, 2011. Local people discovered some pieces of Tissint meteorites in November, and a group of experts identified their true origins earlier this year.

The 46gr meteorite is sold for more than VND 900 million.

After being discovered, the pieces of Tissint were traded in the meteorite market. The demand and price of meteorites also increased dramatically since meteorite pieces were sold publicly since the 1990s. A year after falling to the earth, pieces of Tissint meteorite are being hunted by collectors. internships and research institutes, but some are still being sold.

Some experts estimate that about 2.3 kg of Martian meteorites are still on the market, including the largest piece, weighing 1.3kg. Previously, a smaller piece (46gr) of coke color, was one of the pieces sold by Heritage Auction auction company on May 20, along with another small piece of giant meteorite discovered in 1902. in Williamette, Oregon (USA), was on display at the American Museum of Natural History. There are also many meteorite pieces from the moon and the meteorite pallasite containing peridot fund minerals is also auctioned.

Meteors are a part of rock or metal from space falling to the surface of the earth. Most meteorites originate from the planetary belt between Mars and Jupiter, when collisions knock out meteorites. These meteorites fall to the earth due to gravity. To fall to the ground, meteorites must overcome the earth's atmosphere.

Meteorite sparks from the moon and Mars are the rarest. So far, only about 65 meteorites, including Tissint, have been discovered.