>>2847220
>sorry, so is it just the name of the material?
Meerschaum is a white material that is mined primarily in Eskişehir, Turkey but is also mined in Africa. It is comprised The (high quality) Turkish Meerschaum is light and porous and colors over time, turning a golden amber brown ("patina"). The African Meerschaum is denser and doesn't really color that much. I'm sure if you smoked one pipe your entire life it'd eventually show some signs of coloration, but it doesn't really color much under normal use, and I think sometimes it can be naturally stained a bit, but because it doesn't color much it is often artificially stained a brown color to sort of emulate Turkish Meerschaum. Also, I think Turkey banned the sale of Turkish Meerschaum outside of Turkey or something like that, so if it doesn't come from Turkey, it's probably African.

"Missouri Meerschaum" is the company name and they sell primarily corncob pipes.