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. Natural materials are also often used in textiles. 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

See also

• Material science
• Natural resources
• Synthetic material
  • Metamaterial

Natural Materials come from plants, animals and rock.