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Ethics• Supports a remote desert community • Supports a traditional mining industry • Supports trade with developing countries • Packed at source (no repacking) • Recyclable and biodegradable packaging • Transported in dry state to reduce the carbon footprint • No air miles (transported by ship) • Suitable for non-mains drainage • Kind to the river and marine life • Vegan/vegetarian • Chemical and additive free • Gentle to clients skin and hair, kind to therapists skin |
RHASSOULS MECTIC PROPERTIES
Rhassoul clay is a smectic or swelling clay. Smectites are three-layer clay minerals. They consist of two layers of interconnected silica-tetrahedrons which enclose a central Metal hydroxide -octahedron layer (M=Al, Fe, Mg and others). A water layer is sandwiched between the layers. The silicate layers have a slightly negative charge. This weak charge absorbs cations such as sodium, calcium and others in the natural state.
Rhassoul clay is very rich in trace minerals. These minerals detoxify the skin using by exchanging themselves for a variety of compounds including toxic metals and polar organic (oily) compounds.
The top structure in the illustration is repeated throughout the clay in layers. An essential characteristic of all smectite minerals is their ability to absorb tremendous amounts of water and other liquids into their sheet structures. This gives rhassoul clay extraordinary swelling properties. This combination of liquid and cation absorption and exchange is responsible for the unique properties of rhassoul clay.
