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Organic materials are natural materials that have plant, animal or insect origins. This includes prominent materials such as wood and cotton that are used at scale in construction and fashions. Organic materials include precious things such as pearls and things that are viewed as having practically no value such as pine cones. The following are common examples of organic materials.
Amber | Bamboo | Beans | Beeswax | Bone | Carmine | Carnauba wax | Cashmere | Charcoal | Clay | Coconut shell | Coir | Cork | Corn husks | Cornstarch | Cotton | Cowhide | Down | Earth | Feathers | Flax | Fossils | Fruit pits | Grass | Guar gum | Hay | Hemp | Honey | Jute | Lacquer | Lanolin | Leather | Linen | Maple syrup | Mother of pearl | Natural rubber | Nettle fiber | Nut shells | Palm leaves | Paper | Papyrus | Pearls | Peat | Pine cones | Pine needles | Pineapple fiber | Quills | Ramie | Rattan | Rubber | Sand | Seashells | Seeds | Shellac | Shells | Silk | Straw | Vegetable oils | Wood | Wool |
Plant-based MaterialsMaterials obtained from plants including the entire plant such as wood from trees or parts of the plant such as leaves, seeds, fruits and sap.Animal-based MaterialsAnimal-based materials such as leather, feathers and wool.Insect MaterialsMaterials produced by insects such as fine waxes and fabrics.DiscussionThe term organic is often used to indicate that no chemicals are used in a process or good.Organic materials differ from natural materials that include non-living matter such as rocks, minerals and clay.Next: Natural Materials
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