How we scored it
Mineral consisting chiefly of manganese carbonate; mineral = 1.0. Attached formula/iupac (magnesium carbonic acid) is a mismatched PubChem entry — description used instead.
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 natural mineral consisting chiefly of manganese carbonate. No synthetic alternative is used under this name.
In plain English
A pink-banded mineral made mainly of manganese carbonate, mined and used as a colourant or mild abrasive in cosmetics. Comes straight from the earth.
CosIng definition: Rhodochrosite is the mineral that consists chiefly of manganese carbonate
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.
- 2RHODOCHROSITE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3RHODOCHROSITE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RHODOCHROSITE