化学作为一门独立的学科是在十七世纪后半叶才初步形成,分析化学成为一门独立的学利则较之更晚。但和分析化学有关的矿物鉴定知识很早就有记载。我国自古以来有丰富的矿物鉴定知识,从这一侧面再次证明了毛主席指出的“中国是世界文明发达最早的国家之一”。宋朝前的矿物鉴定知识“科学的发生和发展一开始就是由生产决定的。”(《自然辩证法》162页)我国古代的矿物鉴定知识可远推至原始社会的石器时代。约五十万年前北京周口店 Chemistry as an independent discipline was only initially formed in the second half of the seventeenth century, and analytic chemistry became an independent one later. However, analytical knowledge of mineralogy has long been documented. Since ancient times, our country has a wealth of mineral identification knowledge, from this side once again proved that Chairman Mao pointed out that “China is one of the earliest developed countries in the world.” Knowledge of mineral identification before Song Dynasty “The beginning and development of science was decided by production.” (“Dialectics of Nature”, p.162) Ancient Chinese knowledge of mineral identification can be pushed as far back as the stone age of primitive society. About 500,000 years ago Beijing Zhoukoudian