MICA
- Function
- anticaking, bulking, colorant, opacifying
- CAS
- 12001-26-2
- Comedogenic
- 0–1DERIVED, not measured: no member of the mineral_pigment family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Titanium dioxide 0, Iron oxides 0, Ultamarine violet 0, Talc 1, Kaolin 0, Bentonite 0, Magnesium aluminum silicate 0, Zinc oxide 1. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
- Appears in
- 178 products in our catalogue
Definition
Mica is a series of silicate minerals of varying chemical composition but with similar physical properties. Mica may have well-defined cleavage and split into very thin sheets.
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.