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:
“Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower in a truth. It is astonishing how few facts of importance are added in a century to the natural history of any animal. The natural history of man himself is still being gradually written.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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)
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