[Rockhounds] Willemite and Calcite and eBay Nastieness

[Gary Brown]

Just a short note to The Group...  

You may remember that last week I pointed out a dumb mis-labeling on eBay
(willemite in a septarian nodule).  I and another group member who had
commented on the auction received threatening and, quite frankly, obscene
notes from that eBay lister.  Sometimes, it appears, complaining to eBay
does work. The miscreant no longer has anything posted on eBay.  

One of the things about our rockhound and scientific community is our
absolute adherence to correctly identifying mineral specimens.  I know many
cases where someone has been corrected on the group.  The response has
inevitably been "Thanks for pointing that out to me!"  We owe it to the rest
of the collecting community to point out errors.  Responsible eBay dealers,
and most are, fix things up right away with an appreciative note.

GcB