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

From: Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:32:12 -0700
Message-ID: <5e97e2850908131432m1cec8d30pc787eb04d6486df5_at_mail.gmail.com>

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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Received on Thu 13 Aug 2009 05:32:12 PM PDT