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

From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:25:03 +0300
Message-ID: <4A8492BF.1070201_at_dlc.fi>

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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