@hoosierpipeguy i meant that this dark color is natural color of beeswax, not meerschaum. The original color of the beeswax is dark yellow. Meerschaum pipes, which you usually see as white, are waxed with thinned &whitened beeswax.Other question I have. Is the natural color of meerschaum sometimes this yellow or dirty white? If yes, does that mean it's a lower grade than the snow white? And how will it color?
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By the way there are a low grade meerschaum blocks with diffferent dark color but the pipe on the photo is only waxed with natural beeswax not low grade. You can see that from color of inner bowl.