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

From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <475588.15110.qm_at_web55205.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

Nothing unusual about this.
My first ever meteorite was a 25mg piece of Dhofar 1084. Tasting it was one of the first things I did.

I don't recal ever having tasted a martian though it is a distinct possibility and I was thoroughly underwhelmed by the experience.

I can tell you that eucrite tastes like those cinder blocks that they use for making homes, the really big grey ones....with a little sprinkling of iron filings on top.

You may be wondering how I know what cinder blocks or iron filings taste like but I also believe you're intelligent enough to also have guessed the answer.

It's a wonder I'm still alive.

Rob

--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mike Farmer Eats Moon & Mars Rocks!
> To: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 10:32 PM
> 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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