11btca.rs ((POSTITE)) $50 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District, San Juan County, Uah, 5 x 4.4x 4 cm, Miniature | |
Rare Utah species only described perhaps 10 years ago. San Juan mines have been closed and sealed by the state of Utah in order to increase the value of Utah minerals from south eastern Utah mines by preventing further collecting. This new species was named to honor Jeffrey Post of the Smithsonian Institute and discovered by Joe Marty, famed Utah micromounter |