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Wani dutsen Mars mai nauyin 54lb (kilogiram 245) an sayar da shi a kan dala miliyan 4.3 a birnin New York na Amurka. Dutsen, wanda aka sani da NWA 16788, yana da kusan tsawon inci 15.
An gano dutsen ne a wani ƙauye da ke Jamhuriyar Nijar a watan Nuwamban 2023. An bayyana wannan dutsen a matsayin na biyu mafi girma da aka taɓa samun a duniya, yana da girma da kashi 70 cikin 100 fiye da dutsen da aka taɓa samo.
Dutsen meteorite na asalin duwatsun da suka faɗo sakamakon wucewar tauraruwa mai wutsiya ta sararin duniya.
Sotheby’s ya bayyana dutsen a matsayin mai launin jaja-jaja wanda wuya a samu. Kusan dutsen Mars 400 ne kawai aka taɓa samu a duniya.
Cassandra Hatton, mataimakiyar shugaba a Sotheby’s, ta ce, “Wannan ne dutsen Mars mafi girma a duniyar Earth. Samun wannan abin a can kuma har a kawo shi nan ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba.”
Ta kuma kara da cewa, “Ku tuna kusan kashi 70 na duniyar Earth ruwa ne. Saboda haka mun yi farin ciki da wannan ya faɗo a kan dandariyar ƙasa maimakon teku.”
Babu tabbas game da hannun da dutsen zai faɗa, saboda ba a bayyana yadda aka yi cinikin ba. Ƙarin tsarabe-tsarabe sun sa jimillar kuɗin dutsen ya kai dala miliyan 5.3. A gwanjon ranar Laraba, an sayar da ƙwarangwal ɗin wata dabba kan dala miliyan 26, da kuma ƙoƙon kan dabbar Pachycephalosaurus kan dala miliyan 1.4.