Definition
Palygorskite
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report: Amended Safety Assessment Naturally-Sourced Clays as Used in Cosmetics
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Aluminum Silicate, Calcium Silicate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Magnesium Silicate, Magnesium Trisilicate, Sodium Magnesium Silicate, Zirconium Silicate, Attapulgite, Bentonite, Fuller's Earth, Hectorite, Kaolin, Lithium Magnesium Silicate, Lithium Magnesium Sodium Silicate, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite and Zeolite
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name パリゴルスカイト: 本品は、ジョージア州アタパルガス近郊で発見されたフラー土（＊）の一種である。他の粘土鉱物の通常の重膜構造よりも、むしろ鎖状構造を有することにより特色付けられている。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 12174-11-7
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 12174-11-7 / 1337-76-4
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1337-76-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6050469
What products actually use it for
What the 34 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Viscosity modifier15
- Thickening agent12
- Filler2
- Processing aids not otherwise specified1
- Flow promoter1
- Opacifer1
- Abrasive1
- Absorbent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Green-Nanoarchitectonics for Sub-2 nm Ag Nanoparticles on Attapulgite Enables Biocryogel with Synergistic and Triple-Functional Wound Therapy Effect. · 2025
- Skin-protection plaster after shaving of attapulgite · 2008
- Preparation of attapulgite nanoparticles modified polypropylene adsorption membrane and its application in small molecular pollutant adsorption. · 2024
- Fabrication of a three-dimensional printed gelatin/sodium alginate/nano-attapulgite composite polymer scaffold loaded with leonurine hydrochloride and its effects on osteogenesis and vascularization. · 2023
- The Preparation and Effect Evaluation of Natural Mineral Skin-Care Cream · 2012
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- IARC carcinogen classification
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- Wikidata 2