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Meerschaum pipe
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A meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam.
Pipe carved from meerschaum – Buda, Hungary, 1791
Pipe carved from meerschaum – Buda, Hungary, 1791
A smoking pipe carved from meerschaum and unsmoked
A smoking pipe carved from meerschaum and unsmoked
A meerschaum cigarette holder from Turkey
A meerschaum cigarette holder from Turkey
Meerschaum pipes may develop rich coloring from both age and use, which cannot be rushed as in this example.
Meerschaum pipes may develop rich coloring from both age and use, which cannot be rushed as in this example.
Sepiolite
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Sepiolite, also known in English by the German name meerschaum ( MEER-shawm, -⁠shəm; German: [ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊm] ; meaning "sea foam"), is a soft white clay mineral, often used to make tobacco pipes (known as meerschaum pipes). A complex magnesium silicate, a typical chemical formula for which is Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O, it can be present in fibrous, fine-particulate, and solid forms.
Sepiolite
Sepiolite
A smoking pipe carved from meerschaum
A smoking pipe carved from meerschaum