Sepiolite
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- Note
- The fibrous clay minerals have recently been shown to exist as a continuous polysomatic series where the endmembers are sepiolite and palygorskite. There is a continuous variation in chemical composition from sepiolite, the most magnesic and trioctahedral endmember, to palygorskite, the least magnesic, most Al- Fe- bearing, dioctahedral endmember.
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 (σήπιον), meaning "cuttlebone" (the porous internal shell of the cuttlefish), + lithos (λίθος), meaning stone, after a perceived resemblance of this mineral to cuttlebone. Because of its low relative density 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 French name for the same substance, écume de mer.
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Geschnitzter Pfeifenkopf aus Meerschaum
Pfeifenkopf aus Meerschaum...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Pfeifenkopf
Hellbrauner Pfeifenkopf in...
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Image: Städtisches Museum Hexenbürgermeisterhaus - CC BY-NC-SA -
Bodenvase mit Fischen
Diese Vase ist ein...
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Image: GDKE - Landesmuseum Mainz - CC BY-NC-SA -
Tabakpfeife aus Meerschaum mit Etui
Der Pfeifenkopf aus...
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Image: Museum für Stadtgeschichte Templin - CC BY-NC-SA -
Pfeife aus Meerschaum
Ein Frauenkopf ziert dieses...
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Image: Museum für Weinbau und Stadtgeschichte, Edenkoben - CC BY-NC-SA
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