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French green clay (FGC) is one of the mineral skin clays that most sources say is "best suited for normal to oily skin types". Another skin clay (kaolin) is best suited for sensitive or dry skin.
The supplier says: This is mined from natural sediments in France. It is pure, natural, and unrefined. It is one of the most sought and effective mineral skin clays available.
In our shop "clay" is usually associated with ceramics and pottery. Using this in ceramics would be a great waste of money because of it's high price and the fact that it probably would be very weak after firing, if it held together at all. It would be interesting to try it out as a filler in a resin or in a wax, however.
Besides skin applications, FGC has a history of being a "medicinal" clay.
The internet abounds with information about clays used on the skin or taken internally (this one is for external use only). Two of the products (with formulas) commonly found on the internet for FGC are skin masks and soaps. Skin clays are also used in cosmetics: "clays can be used in just about any products out there for a variety of purposes; make-up, cleansers, facial masks, lotions, toothpaste", etc.
There is a good article on skin clays (although it contains some contradictions),
{ https://theecowell.com/blogs/well/clays-101 }.
Concerning FGC, it basically says that two separate clays can be called French Green Clay. And that one version (illite) and the the other (montmorillonite, which is a Smectite) "both have relatively similar properties".
A surprise in the article comes when it says that illite clays are "even more absorptive than montmorillonite (an example of which is bentonite)". Every other source under the sun will tell you bentonite is the most absorbent clay. In spite of some dubious information, I think they're right about the existence of two versions of FGC and that they are "either made up of mostly montmorillonite or illite clays" and that they are "typically best suited for normal to oily skin types."
Here's an excerpt from that article:
"French Green Clay: Also known as "sea clay", these clays are typically either made up of mostly montmorillonite or illite clays. While different chemically and should be described separately [montmorillonite and illite], they both have relatively similar properties. These clays consist of volcanic ashes, plant matter (which give the green color), iron oxides, clay minerals and a variety of other minerals. The illite type is non-swelling and typically found in the north of France or in the Atlantic Basin. The montmorillonite-bentonite type is mostly found in the south of France. These clays are best used for oily and acne-prone skin as they are exceptional at absorbing oils and impurities, recommended only once per week."
Note that sources classify FGC most often (by far) as an illite clay rather than a montmorillonite.
Wikipedia says this about medicinal clays { https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_clay } :
"The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. Indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is related to geophagy. The first recorded use of medicinal clay goes back to ancient Mesopotamia.
A wide variety of clays are used for medicinal purposes—primarily for external applications, such as the clay baths in health spas (mud therapy). Among the clays most commonly used are kaolin and the smectite clays such as bentonite, montmorillonite, and Fuller's earth.
The first recorded use of medicinal clay is on Mesopotamian clay tablets around 2500 B.C. Also, ancient Egyptians used clay. The Pharaohs’ physicians used the material as anti-inflammatory agents and antiseptics. It was used as a preservative for making mummies and is also reported that Cleopatra used clays to preserve her complexion.
The Ebers Papyrus of about 1550 BC (but containing the tradition going back many centuries earlier) is an important medical text from ancient Egypt. It describes the use of ochre for a wide variety of complaints, including for intestinal problems, as well as for various eye complaints.
[Lemnian clay] was a clay used in Classical Antiquity. It was mined on the island of Lemnos. Its use continued until the 19th century, as it was still listed in an important pharmacopoeia in 1848 (the deposits may have been exhausted by then). Pliny reports about Lemnian earth....Other types of clay.....famous in antiquity [are]:
...Terra chia, Terra cymolia (Cimolean earth)
...Samian earth
...Strigian earth..."
And the list goes on.
Here is more information if you're interested about FGC (the following information is in multiple sources on the web, so please excuse the lack of citations):
French Green Clay (FGC) is a form of "Sea Clay" or "Marine Clay". One source says "Sea clay is a classic ingredient for facial masks. It originates from mud laid under a sea millions of years ago and has a grayish green color. Sea clay has great absorption properties, which makes it perfect for oily skin."
Another source says "This clay contains a wide variety of healing elements, including montmorillonite/Bentonite, magnesium, calcium, potassium, dolomite, silica, manganese, phosphorous, silicon, copper, and selenium."
-Some examples of specific clays in the illite group: Ammersooite, Brammallite, Avalite, Al-illite-hydromica, Nickeloan Chromian Illite. The illites themselves are members of the mica group of minerals.
-Some examples of specific clays in the smectite-montmorillonite group: bentonite, fuller’s earth, vermiculite, palygorskite, endellite, nontronite, beidellite, and saponite.
Clay minerals are members of the phyllosilicate group.
The clay group is usually divided into 3 to 4 major groups:
-the kaolins (usually not swelling and low in absorption),
-the smectite group (high swelling and absorption),
-the illite (or clay-mica) group (low swelling and medium absorption).
-some sources also include the chlorite group which has many members with highly varying chemistry (swelling and absorption: because of the large variations among members absorption can't be pinned down for the group as a whole).-
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Jan 24, 2021
Lovely product and super quick shipping. Thank you kindly!
Katie Haegele
May 12, 2020
glorianadelmar1
Mar 28, 2020
just as described. quick shipping. TY
Sandi MacDougall
Jul 30, 2019
Works perfectly! Seller was very helpful!
Courtney Riggs
Jul 12, 2019
I love this clay I noticed results as soon as I rinsed it off thank you so much I’ll be purchasing again !
enahz J.