Abstract:Modern mineralogical knowledge was introduced in late Qing China. The mineralogy textbooks were emerged in the Nineteenth Century, especially after the Qing government’s education reform in 1902~1904. Since then, these textbooks had become important medium for spreading mineralogical knowledge. By analyzing the education policy and some classes that designed for mineralogy, this paper examines the process of how modern mineralogy transferring into China, and the mineralogy education in late Qing. This paper, based on translated works, textbooks, and other original documents from the late Qing period, investigates the characters and the original resources of these translation works. According to the evaluation of the Ministry of Education and late Qing scholars, this paper also discusses the influences of mineralogy textbooks in the context of late Qing era.