How we scored it
Aluminum silicate clay mineral; minerals are natural origin under this site's method.
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 from natural pyrophyllite mineral deposits and purified by milling. No synthetic route is used commercially.
In plain English
A soft clay mineral used to absorb oil and add gentle abrasion or opacity in cosmetic powders. Mined from natural mineral deposits.
Structure
aluminum tris(dihydroxy(oxo)silane)
References
- 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.
- 2Pyrophyllite. PubChem CID 155087. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3PYROPHYLLITE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4PYROPHYLLITE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PYROPHYLLITE