矿物颜料大概也是人类利用自然资源的早期对象之一。试想,裸露在地表那些五颜六色的矿物,怎能不引起古人的注目呢?他们渐渐地就会试着用这些鲜艳的矿物去“美化”自己居住的洞室;涂染工具、器皿;或者描绘有趣的景物等等。古埃及和我国远古壁画上的色彩,几乎都是些天然矿物颜料。据说,采掘矿物颜料是美洲印地安人最早的采矿工业。天然矿物颜料包括单矿物颜料和混合土质颜料两大类。矿物颜料 Mineral pigments are probably one of the early targets of human use of natural resources. Imagine if the colorful minerals that were bare on the earth could not arouse the attention of the ancients? They would gradually try to “beautify” the caverns where they lived, with these brightly colored minerals; paint tools and utensils; or paint Interesting scenery and more. Ancient Egypt and ancient murals on the color, almost all natural mineral pigments. It is said that mining mineral pigments is the earliest American Indians mining industry. Natural mineral pigments include single mineral pigments and mixed soil pigments two categories. Mineral pigments