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

From: Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:56:40 -0700
Message-ID: <5e97e2850908131456n34c2ed94y95929f2bdac73740_at_mail.gmail.com>

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
>
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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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