Abstract: <P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It is believed that the semiconductor photo-catalysed oxidation technique is the most environmental-friendly deep-oxidation technique.Presently,artificially synthesized photocatalysts difficulty to be applized industrially due to their relatively high cost.However,the low-price and resourceful natural semiconductor minerals excellent photocatalysis performances,because they always contain many kinds of metal ions,which can improve their absorption spectrum.The current research situation of photocatalysis of such natural semiconductor minerals as natural rutil,natural iron oxyhydroxide,natural sphalerite,and natural manganese minerals at home and abroad,was introduced.Furthermore,the future development was prospected.</SPAN></P>