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

From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:38:11 +0300
Message-ID: <4A8495D3.5040706_at_dlc.fi>

Hunters have had different kind of rituals during thousands of years,
(and have also today), so why not bring something like this also to
the meteorite-hunting too.

best,

pekka s


Michael Farmer kirjoitti:
> I have always eaten a small fragment (I am talking sand size, nothing substantial) of any lunar or Martian meteorite I have recovered, either bought or found. It is a ritual, to celebrate this rare rock.
> Michael Farmer
>
> --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Pekka Savolainen <nuuska at dlc.fi> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska at dlc.fi>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mike Farmer Eats Moon & Mars Rocks!
>> To: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <leighannedelray at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 4:25 PM
>>
>> Think, the "Moon-drink" could be a great
>> business-idea.
>> Have seen cocktails with gold priced very high, but think,
>> what you could ask for a few mg:s of Moon in a
>> drink in
>> a right place... :-P
>>
>> take care,
>>
>> pekka s
>>
>>
>> Leigh Anne DelRay kirjoitti:
>>
>>> Why do you have to ruin all of my fun?
>>> O.k. Greg for the record did not let me 'actually'
>>>
>> lick the NWA 482,
>>
>>> yet only appear as I was licking it.
>>> But I shall take you up on the moon dust drink, I
>>>
>> would prefer it with
>>
>>> some Grey Goose and Sprite though.
>>> :>)
>>> ~ Leigh Anne
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Greg Hupe<gmhupe at htn.net>
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> ====================
>>>> Greg Hupe
>>>> The Hupe Collection
>>>> NaturesVault (eBay)
>>>> gmhupe at htn.net
>>>> www.LunarRock.com
>>>> IMCA 3163
>>>> ====================
>>>> Click here for my current eBay auctions:
>>>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- 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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