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

[Gary Fujihara]

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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