5 times in the history of meteorites fell to Earth from Mars Bashny.Net

Not that they have fallen off from Mars and flew directly to the world: scientists believe that millions of years ago under the influence of a large object on Mars separated part of the rock and went on a long journey. Some of them have reached the Earth: of the approximately 24,000 known to science of meteorites from Mars have been 34, which, of course, scientifically validated.

Last meteorites from Mars have been found after the meteor shower in July of 2011 in Morocco. These "stones" are $ 11,000 to $ 22,500 per ounce, which is about 10 times more expensive than gold. Scientists love to study these meteorites, since they consist of rocks, extremely rare on Earth. In previous times, "visitors from Mars" visited our planet in 1815-m, 1865 m, 1911 m and 1962 m respectively.

via factroom.ru