[meteorite-list] Mike Farmer Eats Moon & Mars Rocks!

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:49:46 -0400
Message-ID: <AA1651E6396844A2BEFF420E7759F100_at_Gregor>

Hi Leigh Anne and All,

Just to clear up any misconceptions about Leigh Anne 'licking' my moon
[rock], she didn't actually lick the stone, just pretended to do so at the
ASU Apollo 40th Anniversary Celebration of the first lunar landing. Sorry
Leigh Anne, couldn't let you do that to the NWA 482 Main Mass! :-/ I am
glad you wore the rubber gloves for safe rock handling! ;-)

Leigh Anne, I do have some lunar cutting dust from many different lunar
meteorites that you can add to a Rum & Coke if you like. It fizzes when you
add the dust, but it is a little gritty towards the end of the drink!

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <leighannedelray at gmail.com>
To: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>;
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mike Farmer Eats Moon & Mars Rocks!


Leigh Anne DelRay Snorts Mars Rocks!!!!!

The latest trend:

http://www.callistodesigns.com/ebay/snortingmars.jpg

Yes that was a real Mars rock, thanks to Mexico Doug!


Oh Yes! And I too, have tasted (although not eaten) a moon Rock

http://www.callistodesigns.com/ebay/licking-the-moon.jpg

And yes that was a real Moon rock, thanks to Greg Hupe'.


Just a little something to be silly,
Leigh Anne



On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:14 AM,
JoshuaTreeMuseum<joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/michael-farmer-meteorite-broker-1278.php
>
> I too often chow down on these tasty morsels. Just this morning I had a
> bowl of crunchy anorthosite cereal, though I hate the way the plagioclase
> feldspar sticks between your teeth!
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
> Meet Michael Farmer, aka Meteorite Guy
> In the exclusive world of meteorite brokers, his rise has been, well ...
> By Jay MacDonald
>
> Twelve years ago, a stock boy at Target purchased a chunk of space debris
> at
> the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show that changed his life forever.
>
>
>
> He has not only held pieces of the moon and Mars in his hands -- he has
> tasted them.
>
> "I've eaten a piece of every moon rock and Mars rock that I have purchased
> or found, just to say I did it," he chuckles. "We are all made of space
> rock."
>
> Welcome to the out-of-this-world life of Michael Farmer, aka Meteorite
> Guy,
> one of only about 20 professional meteorite brokers -- on this planet
> anyway.
>
> Building a rock-solid empire
> Farmer was a 25-year-old college student attending the University of
> Arizona
> on the G.I. Bill, stocking shelves part time and vaguely drifting toward a
> career with the CIA when he happened to wander into the largest gem and
> mineral show on earth.
>
> "I bought a rock (meteorite) for $70 and got so fascinated with it that it
> changed the course of my life," Farmer recalls. "When I saw it, I thought,
> 'Wow, I'm holding a piece of outer space!'"
>
> Anxious to find more, he scoured the gem show site until he met an
> old-timer
> who had a box of 40 meteorites hidden under the table. His asking price:
> $4,000 for the box.
>
> "I had no money at the time, so I had to beg and borrow to buy the box,"
> Farmer recalls. "When I started researching the meteorites, I found that
> that they were from a very rare collection, and I quadrupled my money on
> those stones in about 48 hours. That's when I realized you could actually
> make money doing this."
>
> Within a year, Farmer had earned enough to make the first of dozens of
> trips
> to Africa, initially focusing on the Sahara Desert.
>
> Why the desert? Prepare to be mentally humbled.
>
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