Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Bismuth oxychloride is an inorganic compound of bismuth with the formula BiOCl. It is a lustrous white solid found naturally in the rare mineral bismoclite.It is a component of some cosmetics and has been used as such since antiquity notably in ancient Egypt. Light wave interference from its plate-like structure of alternating layers of bismuth oxygen and chlorine atoms gives its suspensions a pearly iridescent light reflectivity similar to nacre.
