如果有人问:“‘黄宝石’是什么宝石?”对这问题,很难作出直接的回答。对于一个不懂宝石的人来说,以为“黄宝石”就是黄色的宝石。在这里,宝石的名称实际上只是一个色类的概念。显然,依照现代宝石学看,这种只以色而作宝石名称的方法,是不科学的。事实上,在宝石行业中,长期以来就存在着宝石名称的混乱现象。黄宝石这一概念,在以往珠宝行业中曾经用过,但所指并不明确。较多见的有三 If someone asks, “What is the jewel of ’yellow gem?’” It is hard to make a direct answer to this question. For a person who does not understand gems, that “yellow gem” is the yellow gem. Here, the name of the gem is actually just a concept of color. Obviously, according to modern gemmology, this method of using only the name of a gemstone is unscientific. In fact, in the gem industry, there has long been a chaos of gem names. The concept of yellow gem used in the past jewelry industry, but the meaning is not clear. There are more common three