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A natural material is any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground.^[1]^[2] Minerals and the metals that can be extracted from them (without further modification) are also considered to belong into this category. Natural materials are used as building materials and clothing. Types include:

Biotic materials
- Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark, etc.)
- Natural fiber (silk, wool, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, etc.)
Inorganic material
- Stone (flint, granite, obsidian, sandstone, sand, gems, glass, etc.)
- Native metal (copper, iron, gold, silver, etc.)
- Composites (clay, plasticine, etc.)
Other natural materials.
- Soil

See also

References

^ "What does natural material mean?". www.definitions.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Synthetic and natural materials". GCSE Bitesize. BBC. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

Further reading

DeMouthe, Jean Frances (2006). Natural Materials: Sources, Properties, and Uses (1st ed.). Oxford: Architectural Press. ISBN 978-0-7506-6528-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |name-list-format= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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