[ProtectOurFreedom]

"artificial color" -- there's nothing artificial about titanium dioxide. It's quite natural. What's all the hullabaloo?

It exists naturally in the Earth's crust. It primarily occurs as the minerals rutile, anatase, and brookite, with rutile being the most common. These minerals are found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, as well as in sedimentary deposits like beach sands. Titanium dioxide is widely distributed, making up about 0.5-1% of the Earth's crust by weight, often associated with iron oxides or silicate minerals.

[aimhigh]

It exists naturally in the Earth's crust.

So does arsenic and mercury.