PIECE OF MARS ON AUCTION ROCK

Rare meteorite tipped to raise out of this world price

- BY DAVE COLLINS and JOSEPH B FREDERICK

THE largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth - a 25kg rock is tipped to raise up to €3.4million at auction this week.

Sotheby's in New York will be selling what's known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale.

The lot also includes a juvenile Ceratosaurus dinosaur skeleton that's more than two metres tall and nearly three metres long.