Editing Meerschaum pipe (section)

== Similar materials ==

Imitations are made in [[plaster of Paris]] and other preparations.<ref name=EB1911/>

The soft, white, earthy mineral from [[Långbanshyttan]], in [[Värmland]], [[Sweden]], known as [[aphrodite (mineral)|aphrodite]] ({{langx|el|sea foam}}),<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobacciana – Meerschaum Pipes|publisher=kelekchens.com|url=http://kelekchens.com/2010/06/04/tobacciana-meerschaum-pipes/|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|reason=self-published site|date=July 2015}}{{dubious|"aphros" means sea-foam; Aphrodite ''may'' derive from it, but not certainly.|date=November 2017}} is closely related to meerschaum.<ref name=EB1911/> It is a synonym for the [[smectite]] clay: [[stevensite]].<ref>[http://www.mindat.org/min-3770.html Stevensite on Mindat.org]</ref>