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PZC Chatometry

A standard system to measure wood chatoyance

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    • Africa
      • Abura
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      • Olive
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      • Pine, Maritime
      • Pine, Swiss Stone
      • Pine, unspecified
      • Pear
      • Poplar
      • Spruce, Fiemme (Ciresa tonewood)
      • Walnut, European
      • Yew
    • North America
      • Ash, American White
      • Alder, Red
      • Boxelder
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      • Cedar, Western Red
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      • Maple, Hard
      • Oak, Red
      • Oak, White
      • Osage Orange
      • Osage Orange, Green
      • Red Gum
      • Redwood
      • Sassafras
      • Service Tree
      • Walnut, Black
      • Willow
    • Oceania
      • Agathis
      • Australian Blackwood
      • Cedar, Australian Red
      • Eucalyptus
      • Eucalyptus Regnans
      • Eucalyptus (River Red Gum)
      • Eucalyptus (Tasmanian Oak)
      • Maple, Queensland
      • Oak, Northern Silky
      • Spotted Gum
      • Tasmanian Myrtle
      • Walnut, Queensland
    • South and Central America
      • Angelim
      • Araucaria
      • Bloodwood
      • Bocote
      • Canarywood
      • Carapa
      • Cedar, Spanish
      • Cerejeira
      • Chechen
      • Cumaru
      • Garapa
      • Goncalo Alves
      • Granadillo
      • Imbuia
      • Ipe
      • Jacareuba
      • Jatoba
      • Jequitiba
      • Katalox
      • Louro Faia
      • Louro Preto
      • Mahogany, Cuban
      • Mahogany, Honduras
      • Massaranduba
      • Osage Orange, Argentine
      • Pao Rosa
      • Peroba Rosa
      • Podocarpus
      • Primavera
      • Rosewood, Cocobolo
      • Rosewood, Honduras
      • Rosewood, Kingwood
      • Rosewood, Santos
      • Timbauba
      • Tineo
      • Ziricote
  • Case studies
    • Roasting Curly Maple
    • Epoxy resin
    • Bleaching Sapele
    • Sapwood vs Heartwood
    • Different Materials
    • Sunlight & Weather
      • Sunlight exposure on purpleheart
      • Sunlight & Weather exposure on sweet cherry
      • Sunlight exposure on field maple
      • UV light exposure
    • Finishing
      • Finishing Maple
      • Finishing Curly Maple
      • Finishing Curly Maple – part 2
      • Surface preparation on Curly Maple
      • Incremental grit and finishing on Curly Maple
      • Finishing Okoume
      • Finishing London Plane
      • Finishing Blonde European Walnut
      • Finishing European Ash
      • Finishing European Elm
    • Progressive grit sanding
    • Ultra-fine sanding
    • Raw Veneer vs fine sanded
    • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on London plane
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on Red Oak
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on European Beech
    • Mud Curing on Osage Orange
    • No. 1 – Hawaiian Koa
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Wenge

Botanical NameMillettia Laurentii
Common NamesWenge
Number of sources11
Number of different logs13
Number of specimens31
Number of measurements93
Max PZC read (of all measurements)11.8
Min PZC read (of all measurements)6.0
Max PZC average on one log10.2
Min PZC average on one log6.4
PZC Average of all logs8.4
Summary table

Visualized Chatoyance examples (one each different log)

Log 1 (from Seralvo) – PZC = 9.2
Log 2 (from [Source 4]) – PZC = 9.6
Log 3 (from [Source 9]) – PZC = 8.8
Log 4 (from Re Parquet) – PZC = 7.2
Log 5 (from [Source 13]) – PZC = 7.2
Log 6 (from Seralvo) – PZC = 7.7
Log 7 (from Seralvo) – PZC = 9.9
Log 8 (from [Source 22]) – PZC = 9.5
Log 9 (from [Source 19]) – PZC = 9.3
Log 10 (from [Source 20]) – PZC = 7.3
Log 11 (from [Source 27]) – PZC = 9.3
Log 12 (from [Source 21]) – PZC = 9.0
Log 13 (from P. Hinds) – PZC = 6.4

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