矿物材料（ MineraI Materials）是 70年代末由地质学工作者提出的一个新概念，并很快发展成为一门相对独立的学科。 　　不同的学者对矿物材料有不同的定义，笔者建议将矿物材料定义为：在工农业生产和日常生活中具有应用价值的天然矿物、岩石及其制成品和仿制品。其含义包括 MineraI Materials was a new concept put forward by geologists in the late seventies and quickly developed into a relatively independent discipline. Different scholars have different definitions of mineral materials. The author suggests that mineral materials be defined as: natural minerals, rocks and their manufactured products and imitations that have application value in industrial and agricultural production and daily life. Its meaning is included