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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 4450610, member: 22&quot;]You can be sarcastic as you like Fid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meerschaum is a rock formed as a result of the hydration of magnesium and silicon found in Asia Minor. (mainly Turkey)</p><p>It was named sepiolite in the mid-19th century by a German mineralogist (EF Glocker) who noticed this rock. Sepiolite is named after the Greek name for squid&nbsp; , &#039;sepion&#039;.</p><p>The German name of this mineral , &#039;Meerschaum&#039; (sea foam), is also referring to the density of the mineral.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is known as ערשאַום&nbsp; in Yiddish and 海泡石 in simple Chinese but throughout the world it is mainly known as Meerschaum as is generally from Turkey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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