Editing Meerschaum pipe (section)

{{short description|Smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite}}
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[[File:Magyar tajtékpipa - Buda, 1791.JPG|thumb|Pipe carved from meerschaum – Buda, Hungary, 1791]]
[[File:Meerschaumpfeife.jpg|thumb|A [[Smoking pipe (tobacco)|smoking pipe]] carved from meerschaum and unsmoked]]

A '''meerschaum pipe''' is a [[smoking pipe]] made from the mineral [[sepiolite]], also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum ({{IPA|de|audio=De-Meerschaum.ogg|ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊ̯m}}, German for "sea foam") is sometimes found floating on the [[Black Sea]] and is rather suggestive of [[sea foam]] (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same substance, {{lang|fr|écume de mer}}).<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Meerschaum |volume=18 |pages=72–73 |inline=1}}</ref>