The exfoliation of two naturally occurring van der Waals minerals, graphite and molybdenite, arouse an unprecedented level of interest by the scientific community and shaped a whole new field of research: 2D materials research. Several years later, the family of van der Waals materials that can be exfoliated to isolate 2D materials keeps growing, but most of them are synthetic. Interestingly, in nature, plenty of naturally occurring van der Waals minerals can be found with a wide range of chemical compositions and crystal structures whose properties are mostly unexplored so far. This Perspective aims to provide an overview of different families of van der Waals minerals to stimulate their exploration in the 2D limit.

两种天然存在的范德华矿物（石墨和辉钼矿）的剥落引起科学界前所未有的兴趣，并形成了一个全新的研究领域：二维材料研究。几年后，可以剥离以分离2D材料的范德华材料家族继续增长，但其中大多数是合成材料。有趣的是，在自然界中，可以发现许多天然存在的范德华斯矿物，其化学成分和晶体结构范围很广，到目前为止，其性质尚未得到充分挖掘。该观点旨在概述范德华矿物的不同家族，以激发他们在2D限度内的勘探。