Gallery: Space Rocks for Sale! Buy a Piece of the Moon or Mars
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.01Lot-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
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.02Lot-8-Seymchan-Small
A piece of the Seymchan meteorite. $6,500
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.03Lot 25-Seymchan end piece
Another piece of the Seymchan meteorite. $48,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.04Lot 1-Gibeon
This iron meteorite originated in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. $45,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.05Lot-2-Admire
This pallasite, found in Kansas in 1881, was part of an asteroid that broke apart 100 million years ago. $2,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.06Lot-29-Imilac-large
A slice of the Imilac meteorite, which was discovered in the Atacama Desert in Chile in 1822. $14,000
Courtesy Christie's Inc07Lot 12-NWA 7397
This meteorite was blasted off the surface of Mars. It was found in Morocco in 2012. $26,000
Courtesy Christie's Inc.08Lot-20-Imilac-Slice
A partial slice of the Imilac Meteorite. $1,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.09Lot 13-NWA 5000
A part of a lunar meteorite found in Morocco in 2007. $110,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.10Lot 19-Agoudal
An iron meteorite found in Morocco in 2007. $65,000
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.11Lot 30-NWA 7502
The cheapest of the lot, this meteorite contains dust from the early solar system. $450
Courtesy of Christie's Inc.12Lot-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
Courtesy of Christie's Inc13Lot-22-Gibeon-Sphere
This spherically shaped piece of a Gibeon meteorite was forged in the core of an asteroid. $500
