Mineral Excursion to China: 2 0 0 4 Figure 1. Sphalerite, 1.9 cm high, Taolin mine, Hunan. Ken Roberts specimen...author’s trip to China; maps by Guanghua Liu. T here was a time, years ago, when the thought of overseas travel...a dream for me. Seeing the great, historic cities of Europe, the Alps, famous mineral museums, and mineral...ROCKS & MINERALS photography for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. It was a thrilling, ground-breaking...part-time mineral dealer, in 2003. Originally from China, he and his family have lived in Tübingen, Germany |