MEERSCHAUM PIPE. HARLEY DAVIDSON. GENUINE/IMPORTED.

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MEERSCHAUM Pipe with HARLEY DAVIDSON Figure HARD TO FIND and UNIQUE ITEM THIS PIPE IS BRAND NEW AND IMPORTED FROM TURKEY! IMMEDIATE PAYMENT IS REQUIRED! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PIPE SIZES, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO . DESCRIPTION Meerschaum is a soft white mineral sometimes found floating on the Black Sea, and rather suggestive of sea-foam (German: Meerschaum), whence also the French name for the same substance, ecume de mer. It was termed by E. F. Glocker sepiolite, in allusion to its remote resemblance to the bone of the sepia or cuttlefish. Meerschaum is opaque and of white, grey or cream color, breaking with a conchoidal or fine earthy fracture, and occasionally though rarely, fibrous in texture. It can be readily scratched with the nail, its hardness being about 2. The specific gravity varies from 0.988 to 1.279, but the porosity of the mineral may lead to error. Meerschaum is a hydrous magnesium silicate with the formula Mg4Si6O15(OH)2*6 H2O. Most of the meerschaum of commerce is obtained from Asia Minor, chiefly from the plain of Eskis,ehir, on the Haidar Pasha-Angora railway, w it occurs in irregular nodular masses, in alluvial deposits, which are extensively worked for its extraction. It is said that in this district t are 4000 shafts leading to horizontal galleries for extraction of the meerschaum. The principal read more

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