Natural material

A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground. Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them (without further modification) are also considered to belong into this category.

• Biotic materials
  • Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark etc.)
  • Natural fibers (wool, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, etc.)
• Inorganic material
  • Stone (flint, granite, obsidian, sandstone, sand, gems, glass, etc.)
  • Metal (copper, bronze, iron, gold, silver, steel, etc.)
  • Composites (clay, porcelain, plasticine, etc.)
• Other natural materials.
  • Soil

See also

• Material science
• Synthetic material
• Natural resources
• Building material
• Metamaterials : discusses characteristics of natural materials in contrast to periodic, artificially constructed, composite materials.