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直到19世纪初期,“宝石学”这一名词才第一次在英语中出现。约翰·平克顿(John Pinkerton)在1811年出版的《岩石学》一书中,首次使用了“宝石学”这一概念。当然,宝石远在平克顿之前就已经出现。实际上,公元2世纪的一份印度文献咯玛佛经(Karma Sutra)表明,那时的年轻人已经开始学习宝石学,而且人们对它的重视远胜于其它技能。
It was not until the early 19th century that the term “gemmology” first appeared in English. John Pinkerton used the concept of “gemology” for the first time in his book Petrology, published in 1811. Of course, the gems came up before Pinicut. In fact, Karma Sutra, an Indian text from the second century AD, showed that at that time young people were already learning gemology and that people valued it far more than any other skill.