[meteorite-list] Questionable eBay seller selling Sutter's Mill meteorite

From: Shawn Alan <photophlow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:05:39 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1342735539.1136.YahooMailNeo_at_web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Hello Listers,

I have been noticing seller galeriacores on eBay selling some rare and historic?meteorites and looking at the pictures it was?hard to tell if it was the real deal. I contacted the seller a week or so back about a meteorite for sale and he could only say that they got the meteorite from a big dealer from the Czech Republic. Has anyone dealt with the eBay dealer in the past. Why I ask is because today i did a Sutter's Mill meteorite search and saw this eBay seller had a piece for sale and?after viewing?the images, its not even close to being a CM meteorite. It gets me to thinking, I bet most if not all of his meteorites?the seller sold?might not be what they?say they are.?But again I am not sure if?they are?knowing selling meteorites that?arent what they are, or? been coned by some other individual. So if you have bought anything from?this seller, I would see about getting that meteorite checked out.

Here is the?Sutter's Mill meteorite in question.?

?ttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Sutters-Mill-witnessed-fall-2012-Meteorite-Micro-Specimen-/320948115928?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab9ff99d8
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Again sorry for having to post this, but I think this is important to let you all know in the meteroite community that something doesnt add up with this seller. I know we all have to start some where, but I feel from what I have seen this seller post in the past on eBay was questionable and now the Sutter's Mill meteorite being a fake, I think it time for the meteorite community to look into this.
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Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
eBay Store
http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?
http://www.meteoritefalls.com/???
Received on Thu 19 Jul 2012 06:05:39 PM PDT