Shiseido Company, Limited

Topy Industries, Limited

Tetsusi Kosugi

Kazuhisa Ohno

Fukuji Suzuki

Katsuki Ogawa

Akitsugu Ando

Yuji Takao

A composite synthetic mica powder having an excellent ultraviolet ray screening effect, the composite synthetic mica powder comprising a fine particle layer (B) containing one or more types of elements selected from the group of Te, Bi, Pb, Ce, Fe, Mo, Nb, W, Sb, Sn, V, Mn, Ni, Co, Zn and Ti is formed on the surface of scale-like mica particles (A). The covering ratio of particles (A) by particles (B) is in the range of 0.5 to 1; the ratio of particle size of the particles (B) to plane direction diameter of the particles (A) is 0.1 or less; and particle size of the particles (A) is 1 to 100 .mu.m. Also, a red synthetic mica which develops light-resistant red color closer to the color of human skin and ultraviolet rays, a method for manufacturing the same, and an ultraviolet ray screening agent which contains the synthetic mica. The synthetic mica is expressed by the following formula (I):

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