They’re for educational purposes only and one of their primary goals is to weed out as much as possible the misleading information about Argan oil spreading around the internet!
If you belong to the stampede of people running towards the latest exaggeration and hype about Argan oil, this isn’t for you!
Furthermore, we’ve spent a considerable amount of time and money on these simple videos, and we’ve done our best to keep them as simple and concise as possible to eliminate all the fluff, leaving only real useable information that will help you take full advantage of this magic natural “Elixir”.
Argan Oil Facts & Fallacies Series
What does Argan oil have to do with Argon oil?
There are many sources online claiming that Argan oil is also known as “Argon oil” & some are even offering alleged Argan oil products under this term. So question number 1:
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- Is Argan oil known with any other names?
(text transcript of this video is below)
To make sure we deliver you authentic and accurate information, we asked directly the natives who:
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- Know best about Argan oil and Argan culture
- Have been producing, using and selling Argan oil for ages
- Are still extracting it the ancestral and traditional way.
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Ok, what’s your name?
Fadna.
Fadna, are you willing to answer my questions?
Yes
Thank you very much for accepting.
I thank you too.
Does Argan have any other name? Is it named Argon oil?
Argon oil?
Yes
No, we name it Argan
Argan?
Argan
And where do people call it “Argon”? Do berbers call it Argon oil?
No, we in our region don’t say “Argon oil”, we name it simply “Argan”, & here in the region of Ounagha it’s called Argan oil instead of just plain “Argan”.
Argan oil?
Yes and us in the Ihahan region we name it simply Argan
Ah, so you’re from Ihahan region?
Yes, I’m from Ihahan / T’manar
Good, ok!
Yes.
The term “Argon”, contrary to some rumors floating around in the internet, has absolutely nothing to do with Argan.
Argon is a chemical element with symbol Ar & atomic number 18.
It is in group 18 of the periodic table. It is the third most common gas in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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