[meteorite-list] Does anyone know galeriacores on ebay?

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:52:28 -0700
Message-ID: <F2A801F7535B47B896CB8FE0DC963662_at_bosoheadPC>

Gary, thanks for the look-out. This stuff is growing, no doubt a concern
for all of our integrity future, along with growing meteorite frenzy.
Relatively new to it (13 years for me) I've seen an explosion only in the
last year. It's up to all of us to keep watch.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
To: "MeteorList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:39 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Does anyone know galeriacores on ebay?


> Does anyone know galeriacores on ebay? This person is listing meteorites
> using official names that do not belong to him for meteorites that bear no
> resemblance to what he is representing them to be.
>
> He is using my meteorite name NWA 7130 LL3 to sell an L5. He is also
> selling NWA 4972 as an L5 chondrite he says was found in June 2011. But
> that number does not coincide with meteorites found and classified within
> this period of time. A quick look in the met bull shows that NWA 4972 is
> an L4-5 found in 2007.
>
> This could be an honest mistake, so I'm not making any accusations of
> fraud. I have messaged the person on ebay and just want to give this
> person the opportunity to correct this situation.
>
> Gary Fujihara
> Big Kahuna Meteorites
> PO Box 4175, Hilo, HI 96720
> (808) 640-9161
> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/fujmon/m.html
>
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Received on Mon 25 Jun 2012 08:52:28 PM PDT