Database/Absorbent/Magnesium Aluminum Silicate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Magnesium Aluminum Silicate natural?

Yes. A clay mineral composed of magnesium, aluminium and silicate; minerals are explicitly natural origin even though not renewable.

INCI nameMagnesium Aluminum Silicate
CAS1327-43-1
FormulaAlMgO4Si+ · 143.37 Da
FunctionAbsorbent · Anticaking
FeedstockMined and purified from natural smectite clay deposits.…

How we scored it

Naturally occurring or purified smectite-type clay mineral; minerals are natural origin under ISO 16128. 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Mined and purified from natural smectite clay deposits. No synthetic route is used commercially.

In plain English

A clay mineral used to thicken formulas and stop ingredients separating. It's mined from natural clay deposits and purified, not chemically synthesised.

Structure

2D structure of Magnesium Aluminum Silicate

aluminum;magnesium;silicate

PubChem CID 3084116 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Magnesium Aluminum Silicate. PubChem CID 3084116. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MAGNESIUM%20ALUMINUM%20SILICATE