Every wave arriving on the shore carries a dissolved inventory of the periodic table. Seawater salts are dominated by just six ions — chloride, sodium, sulfate, magnesium, calcium and potassium — which together account for more than 99 percent of the dissolved mass. Squeezed into the remaining sliver are dozens of minor and trace elements: strontium, boron, fluoride, bromide and bicarbonate, alongside vanadium, selenium, zinc and lithium in parts-per-million or parts-per-billion quantities. The ocean is not a single mineral; it is a mineral system, and that system can be delivered as an ingredient.
Marine organisms complete the picture by turning this dilute solution into dense, usable solids. Calcifying red algae, for instance, draw calcium and magnesium from seawater and build porous mineral skeletons that carry more than seventy trace elements in a naturally balanced profile. Whether you need an ionic liquid, a biogenic mineral powder or a tailor-made elemental blend, Eata Marisource supplies multimineral ingredients in forms that suit research protocols and industrial formulations alike.
A Periodic Table in Every Wave
The composition of seawater is remarkably constant across the world's oceans, which is what makes it a reliable, reproducible raw material. In practical terms the marine element profile looks like this:
- Six ions carry the load: chloride and sodium lead, followed by sulfate, magnesium, calcium and potassium, together around 99 percent of dissolved salts.
- Magnesium sits at roughly 1.28 grams per kilogram of seawater, calcium near 0.41 grams and potassium about 0.40 grams — a fixed, conservative ratio.
- The residual fraction holds strontium, boron, fluoride, bromide and bicarbonate, plus trace metals such as selenium, vanadium and zinc.
- Deep seawater is generally richer in minerals than surface water, because cold, dense currents accumulate dissolved elements over long residence times.
Image 1 — Calcified red algae, a natural multimineral skeleton built from seawater
Image 2 — Clean coastal water, the starting point of marine mineral sourcing
Product Range
Our multimineral portfolio is built around two complementary marine routes — concentrated seawater and calcified marine organisms — and the blends they make possible:
- Seawater mineral concentrates: desalinated, element-balanced ionic liquids that keep the natural marine spectrum in soluble form.
- Calcified red-algae complexes: porous mineral powders from Lithothamnion-type algae, rich in calcium with magnesium and over seventy trace elements.
- Marine salt-based blends: standardized mineral salts for feed, fertilizer and process use, with a defined Ca/Mg/K profile.
- Single marine minerals: seaweed calcium, seawater magnesium and other individually sourced marine salts.
- Trace-element premixes: targeted combinations of iodine, selenium, strontium, boron and vanadium at ppm-level specifications.
Image 3 — Marine mineral powder, concentrated and ready for formulation
Two Marine Paths to the Same Elements
Seawater and calcified algae deliver minerals in different physical packages, and each suits different processes:
- The seawater route produces ionic concentrates whose elemental spectrum can be rebalanced to order — ideal where solubility and bioavailability of the mineral ions matter most.
- The red-algae route yields a solid biogenic matrix with a porous structure, a natural calcium-to-magnesium ratio and a full trace-element background — preferred where a whole-food mineral profile is required.
- Both routes share the same marine origin, so lot-to-lot traceability and element certification apply equally across the portfolio.
Product Portfolio at a Glance
Table 1 — Product Portfolio at a Glance
| Category |
Representative Products |
Typical Specifications |
| Seawater concentrates |
Ionic multi-mineral liquids |
Element spectrum per litre; desalinated |
| Calcified algae |
Lithothamnion-type mineral powders |
Ca ≈32%, Mg ≈2%, 70+ trace elements |
| Salt-based blends |
Marine mineral salts for feed and fertilizer |
Standardised Ca/Mg/K profile |
| Single marine minerals |
Seaweed calcium, seawater magnesium |
Assay per lot; crystalline or powder |
| Trace premixes |
I-Se-Br-V-Zn combinations |
Target ppm levels per batch |
Image 4 — Coarse sea-salt crystals, the visible face of ocean minerals
From Seawater to Ingredient
Turning a dilute ocean solution into a stable, specified mineral product follows a sequence of concentration and purification steps:
- Deep intake and pre-treatment: water is drawn from clean offshore or deep-water sources, filtered and conditioned.
- Desalination and concentration: membrane and evaporation stages strip sodium chloride while preserving the mineral fraction.
- Selective precipitation: individual elements such as magnesium hydroxide are recovered by controlled chemistry where a single mineral is the target.
- Drying and blending: concentrates are spray-dried to powders or rebalanced into custom elemental ratios for final formulation.
The same logic applies to calcified algae: harvested, washed, dried and milled, the mineralized skeleton becomes a directly usable ingredient with no further chemical processing.
Quality and Data
- Element spectrum: full panel by ICP-OES and ICP-MS, covering majors, minors and trace elements for every lot.
- Purity control: lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and other regulated impurities reported on the certificate of analysis.
- Physical data: moisture, particle size, bulk density and solubility matched to your processing conditions.
- Origin traceability: intake water source or algal species, harvest region and production records for each batch.
- Stability guidance: handling and storage notes for hygroscopic powders and concentrated solutions.
Image 5 — Mineral tablets pressed from marine-sourced powders
Custom Mineral Solutions
Few applications call for the default spectrum; most need a deliberate adjustment. Our custom mineral service starts from your specification:
- Target element profile: define the majors and the trace elements you need, and we build the blend to that panel.
- Form and matrix: ionic liquid, dried powder, tablet or premix carrier, matched to your process.
- Ratio engineering: calcium-to-magnesium, iodide-to-iodate and other ratios set to your target values.
- Packaging and scale: analytical samples through drum-scale and production quantities, with documentation to match.
Send us your target mineral panel and application, and we will propose a marine multimineral ingredient built around it. Eata Marisource is ready to work from your specification.
Image 6 — Mineral powders in sample jars, a spectrum of marine elements
For Research or Industrial Raw Materials, Not For Personal Medical Use!