Natural Materials

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. Types include:

  • 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.)
    • Native metal (copper, bronze, iron, gold, silver, etc.)
    • Composites (clay, porcelain, plasticine, etc.)
  • Other natural materials.
    • Soil

Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or materials:

    Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon;
    The world was all before them, where to choose
    Their place of rest, and Providence their guide;
    They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow
    Through Eden took their solitary way.
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    Kicking his mother until she let go of his soul
    Has given his a healthy appetite: clearly, her role
    In the New Order must be
    To supply and deliver his raw materials free;
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)