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The secret market for rocks from the Moon and Mars

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A highly lucrative underground market exists for pristine fragments of planetary space rock, with rare lunar or Martian meteorites easily selling for hundreds of times their weight in pure gold. Private hunters relentlessly scour isolated deserts and icy tundras, bypassing standard financial exchanges to sell their galactic treasures to wealthy elite collectors.

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