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noun - a white clayey mineral
SEPIOLITE - Sepiolite, also known as meerschaum ( MEER-shawm, -shm; German: [meam] ( listen); meaning "foam of the sea") is a soft white clay mineral, often use...
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Sepiolite, also known as meerschaum ( MEER-shawm, -shm; German: [meam] ( listen); meaning "foam of the sea") 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. * Originally named meerschaum by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1788, it was named sepiolite by Ernst Friedrich Glocker in 1847 for an occurrence in Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy. The name comes from Greek sepion (), meaning "cuttlebone" (the porous internal shell of the cuttlefish), + lithos (), meaning stone, after a perceived resemblance of this mineral to cuttlebone. Because of its low specific gravity and its high porosity, it may float upon water, hence its German name. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, hence the German origin of the name as well as the |