NWA 16788 the largest known Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth.
Could use a banana for scale.
Or any scale for that matter.
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24.67kg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Africa_16788
"about the size of a basketball" - https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/largest-known-martian-meteorite-on-earth-sells-for-usd5-3-million-at-auction
And the largest piece of Earth on Mars is one of the rovers.
By mass. In terms of area, maybe one of the parachutes?