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Rare Mars Meteorites Discovered

Posted by michael on from the pennies-from-heaven dept.

LT4Ryan writes: "An article at CNN.com has news that rock hunters have discovered 5 new meteorites from the Red Planet. Apparently these rocks are quite valuable, grabbing $3,000 US per gram in Auctions."

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  1. 3000$ a graham? by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, do you grind them up and snort them? Are mars rocks mother natures way of telling scientists you got too large a grant?

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