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

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:34:49 -1000
Message-ID: <203912D9-1737-4AE3-B22A-5440DEE5ED75_at_mac.com>

Wow Leigh Anne,

And they let you lick and snort their stones? You're a wild child ;^)

gary

On Aug 13, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Leigh Anne DelRay wrote:

> 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 05:34:49 PM PDT