92 Natural Things

John Spacey, December 28, 2021 updated on January 08, 2022

Natural things are things that exist in nature. This can be contrasted with human-made things, commonly known as man-made, that are designed, structured, constructed, manufactured, crafted, composed or cultivated by humans. In many cases, humans are strongly attracted to natural things as they are surrounded by mostly industrial things that have been created by manufacturing processes. The following are common examples of natural things.

Algae	Amber
Amphibians	Angora
Animals	Bacteria
Bamboo	Bark
Beaches	Berries
Birds	Bone
Chalk	Clay
Coir (Coconut Fiber)	Comets
Coral	Cotton
Deserts	Diamonds
Driftwood	Ecosystems
Eggs	Feathers
Ferns	Fire
Fish	Flax
Flowers	Forests
Fossils	Fruits
Fungi	Gems
Gold	Grass
Gravel	Hemp
Herbs	Honey
Hot Springs	Humans
Ice & Snow	Insects
Iron	Islands
Jade	Jute
Leather	Leaves
Legumes	Mammals
Metals	Meteorites
Milk	Minerals
Mohair	Mold
Moons	Mountains
Mud	Nuts
Petrified Wood	Pine Cones / Conifer Cones
Planets	Plankton
Plants	Quartz
Reptiles	Rivers
Rocks	Roots
Rubies	Salt
Sand	Sapphires
Seashells	Seeds
Silk	Soil
Spider Silk	Stone
Straw	The Sun
Trees	Vegetables
Viruses	Volcanoes
Water	Wilderness
Wood	Wool

Natural vs Man-made

A natural thing would exist without humans. A man-made thing is processed by humans. For example, gold is naturally occurring but a gold bar or gold ring is man-made. There are many grey-areas between natural and man-made things. For example, wood that is cut by a lumber mill is quite natural. However, some wood products such as plywood include glues or other additives that aren't natural. As such, it can't be said that all woods are fully natural nor are they fully artificial.