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

[Shawn Alan]

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
 
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.
 
Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
eBay Store
http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?
http://www.meteoritefalls.com/