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PZC Chatometry

A standard system to measure wood chatoyance

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  • What is Chatoyance?
    • Curl
    • Ribbon Stripe
    • Other Figures
    • Flecks
    • Growth Rings
    • Knots
  • The PZC method
    • Scale example 1
    • Scale example 2
    • Scale example 3
    • Scale example 4
  • Woods
    • Summary Table
    • Africa
      • Abura
      • Afrormosia
      • Agba
      • Agba
      • Afzelia
      • Aniegre
      • Avodire
      • Azobe
      • Bilinga
      • Bilinga
      • Bomanga
      • Boire
      • Bubinga
      • Cola
      • Ebiara
      • Ebony, Gaboon
      • Etimoe
      • Faro
      • Faro
      • Framire
      • Guarea
      • Iroko
      • Lati
      • Khaya
      • Kosipo
      • Kotibe
      • Kotibe
      • Koto
      • Limba
      • Limba, Black
      • Makore
      • Mansonia
      • Moabi
      • Movingui
      • Niangon
      • Niove
      • Obeche
      • Ocotea
      • Ocotea
      • Ovangkol
      • Okoume
      • Padouk
      • Purpleheart
      • Ramin
      • Rosewood, African Blackwood
      • Rosewood, African Blackwood
      • Rosewood, Madagascar
      • Sapele
      • Sipo
      • Tali
      • Tiama
      • Wenge
      • Walnut, African
      • Zebrawood
    • Asia
      • Acacia, unspecified
      • Ailanthus
      • Albizia, unspecified
      • Alstonia
      • Artocarpus
      • Ash, Tamo
      • Bintangor
      • Bamboo
      • Camphor
      • Coconut
      • Ebony, Black and White
      • Ebony, Macassar
      • Fig, misc.
      • Kapur
      • Keruing
      • Mango
      • Meranti
      • Merbau
      • Mersawa
      • Narra
      • Paulownia
      • Rosewood, Indian
      • Satinwood
      • Sen
      • Sucupira
      • Teak
    • Europe
      • Alder
      • Apple
      • Ash, European
      • Ash, Olive
      • Beech, European
      • Birch
      • Birch, Karelian Burl
      • Black Locust
      • Bog Oak
      • Cedar, European
      • Cherry, Sweet
      • Chestnut, Horse
      • Chestnut, Sweet
      • Cypress, Mediterranean
      • Elm
      • Fir, European Silver
      • Hawthorn
      • Hazelnut
      • Hornbeam
      • Laburnum
      • Lagerstroemia
      • Larch, European
      • London Plane
      • Lime, European
      • Madrone
      • Maple, European
      • Mulberry
      • Oak, Sessile
      • Olive
      • Olive, Russian
      • Poplar, Yellow
      • Pine, Maritime
      • Pine, Swiss Stone
      • Pine, unspecified
      • Pear
      • Poplar
      • Spruce, Fiemme (Ciresa tonewood)
      • Sumac
      • Walnut, European
      • Yew
    • North America
      • Ash, American White
      • Alder, Red
      • Beech, North American
      • Beech, North American
      • Boxelder
      • Butternut
      • Catalpa
      • Cedar, Eastern Red
      • Cedar, Western Red
      • Cherry, Black
      • Cypress, Bald
      • Cypress, Lawson
      • Desert Ironwood
      • Desert Ironwood
      • Dogwood
      • Fir, Douglas
      • Giant Sequoia
      • Hackberry
      • Hemlock
      • Hickory
      • Holly
      • Honey Locust
      • Juniperus misc.
      • Koa
      • Magnolia
      • Maple, Bigleaf
      • Maple, Bigleaf
      • Maple, Hard
      • Mesquite
      • Mesquite
      • Oak, Red
      • Oak, White
      • Osage Orange
      • Osage Orange, Green
      • Red Gum
      • Pecan
      • Pecan
      • Redwood
      • Sassafras
      • Service Tree
      • Sycamore, American
      • Sycamore, American
      • Walnut, Black
      • Walnut, Claro
      • Walnut, Claro
      • Willow
    • Oceania
      • Agathis
      • Ash, Crow’s
      • Australian Blackwood
      • Black Bean
      • Cedar, Australian Red
      • Eucalyptus, unspecified
      • Ash, Mountain
      • Gum, River Red
      • Oak, Tasmanian
      • Jarrah
      • Maple, Queensland
      • Oak, Northern Silky
      • Oak, Southern Silky
      • Pine, Huon
      • She-Oak, River
      • Spotted Gum
      • Tasmanian Myrtle
      • Walnut, Queensland
    • South and Central America
      • Angelim
      • Araucaria
      • Aspidosperma
      • Bloodwood
      • Bocote
      • Canarywood
      • Carapa
      • Cedar, Spanish
      • Cerejeira
      • Chechen
      • Cumaru
      • Curupixa
      • Freijo
      • Garapa
      • Goncalo Alves
      • Goupie
      • Granadillo
      • Guanacaste
      • Guatambu
      • Imbuia
      • Ipe
      • Jacareuba
      • Jatoba
      • Jequitiba
      • Katalox
      • Leopardwood
      • Lignum Vitae
      • Louro Faia
      • Louro Preto
      • Mahogany, Cuban
      • Mahogany, Honduras
      • Massaranduba
      • Nothofagus
      • Osage Orange, Argentine
      • Pao Rosa
      • Peroba Rosa
      • Piquiarana
      • Podocarpus
      • Primavera
      • Rosewood, Brazilian
      • Rosewood, Cocobolo
      • Rosewood, Honduras
      • Rosewood, Kingwood
      • Rosewood, Santos
      • Tatajuba
      • Timbauba
      • Tineo
      • Tulipwood (Brazilian)
      • 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
      • Sunlight exposure on Tasmanian Blackwood
      • 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
      • Finishing Etimoe
      • Finishing Sweet Cherry
      • Finishing Ovangkol
      • Finishing European Oak
      • Finishing Birch
      • Finishing Teak
      • Finishing Iroko
      • Finishing Sapele
      • Finishing Sumac
      • Finishing Redbud
      • Finishing Kotibe
      • Finishing Indian Rosewood
      • Finishing Hackberry
      • Finishing Paldao
      • Finishing Bocote
      • Finishing Merbau
      • Finishing Snakewood
      • Finishing Purpleheart
      • Finishing Padouk
      • Finishing Mulberry
      • Finishing Niangon
      • Finishing Tasmanian Blackwood
    • Progressive grit sanding
    • Ultra-fine sanding
    • Supersurfacing
    • Raw Veneer vs fine sanded
    • Cleaning Black Walnut
    • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on London plane
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on Red Oak
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on European Beech
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on Louro Faia
      • Quartersawn vs Flatsawn on White Mulberry
    • Runout Angle
    • Mud Curing on Osage Orange
    • No. 1 – Hawaiian Koa
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      • Australian species
    • Wood samples
    • Fresh-cut wood
    • From firewood to PZC results
    • Hunting for Tasmanian Blackwood
    • Included branches and Crotches
    • Chatoyance distribution within a tree
    • Tasmanian Blackwood – heartwood and sapwood
    • Stabilization
    • Microscope pictures
    • Out of the tablesaw
    • Chatoyance vs Fluorescence
    • Patch of Black Cherry trees
    • Spalting
    • Bark
    • Thuya Burl
    • Dying Curly Maple
    • Ammonia fuming
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Samples from NEHOSOC

Thanks to NEHOSOC for providing these samples

M. Bidentata (Manilkara Bidentata)
Cedar, Spanish (Cedrela Odorata)
Walnut, African (Lovoa Trichilioides)
G. Cedrata (Guarea Cedrata)
Guarea (Guarea spp.)
E. Grandis (Eucalyptus Grandis)
E. Pauciflora (Eucalyptus Pauciflora)
E. Viminalis (Eucalyptus Viminalis)
E. Kartzoffiana (Eucalyptus Kartzoffiana)
Mansonia (Mansonia Altissima)
Mahogany, Honduras (Swietenia Macrophylla)
Merbau (Intsia spp.)
Hickory (Carya spp.)
Niangon (Tarrietia spp.)
Oak, White (Quercus Alba)
Niove (Staudtia Kamarunensis var Gabonensis)
Redwood (California) (Sequoia Sempervirens)
Redwood (Inlands) (Sequoia Sempervirens)
Canarywood (Centrolobium spp.)
Cedar, Western Red (Thuja Plicata)
Kapur (Dryobalanops spp.)
Sabah Kapur (Dryobalanops Beccarii)
Avodire (Turreanthus Africanus)
A. Australis (Agathis Australis)
A. Dammara (Agathis Dammara)
A. Beccarii (Agathis Beccarii)
A.Borneensis (Agathis Borneensis)
Sipo (Entandophragma Utile)
Tali (Erythrophleum Micranthum)
Tali (Erythrophleum Suaveolens)
Imbuia (Phoebe Porosa)
Sassafras (Sassafras Albidum)
A. Saligna (Acacia Saligna)
A. Dealbata (Acacia Dealbata)
A. Ferruginea (Albizia Ferruginea)
A. Saman (Albizia Saman)
A. Odoratissima (Albizia Odoratissima)
A. Adianthifolia (Albizia Adianthifolia)
A. Lebbeck (Albizia Lebbeck)
L. Procera (Lophira Procera)
A. spp. (Astronium spp.)
M. Stipulosa (Mitragyna Stipulosa)
Butternut (Juglans Cinerea)
Osage Orange (Maclura Pomifera)
Osage Orange, Argentine (Maclura Tinctoria)
Hazelnut (Corylus Colurna)
Honey Locust (Gleditsia Triacanthos)
Service Tree (Sorbus Domestica)
S. Commixta (Sorbus Commixta)
S. Aucuparia (Sorbus Aucuparia)
Boxelder (Acer Negundo)
Fig (Ficus Carica)
F. Elastica (Ficus Elastica)
M. Acuminata (Magnolia Acuminata)
M. Champaka (Magnolia Champaka)
C. Occidentalis (Celtis Occidentalis)
C. Occidentalis (Celtis Occidentalis)
Cypress, Bald (Taxodium Distichum)
Cypress, Bald (Taxodium Distichum var. imbricatum)
I. Aquifolium (Ilex Aquifolium)
I. Crenata (Ilex Crenata)
S. Babylonica (Salix Babylonica)
C. Estrellensis (Cariniana Estrellensis)
C. Peekelii (Calophyllum Peekelii)
C. Soulattri (Calophyllum Soulattri)
C. Inophyllum (Calophyllum Inophyllum)
Mango (Mangifera Indica)
H. Flavum (Hymenolobium Flavum)
H. Petraeum (Hymenolobium Petraeum)
Tiama (Entandophragma Angolense)
Framire (Terminalia Ivorensis)
Catalpa (Catalpa spp.)
C. Ovata (Catalpa Ovata)
Carapa (Carapa spp.)
Podocarpus (Podocarpus spp.)
P. Nerifolius (Podocarpus Nerifolius)
P. Totara (Podocarpus Totara)
Australian Blackwood (Acacia Melanoxylon)
Araucaria (Araucaria Angustifolia)
A. Araucana (Araucaria Araucana)
Rosewood, Honduras (Dalbergia Stevensonii)
Cypress, Lawson (Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana)
Narra (Pterocarpus Indicus)
Pao Rosa (Swarzia Fistuloides)
Chechen (Metopium Brownei)
Peroba Rosa (Aspidosperma Polyneuron)
A. Unedo (Arbutus Unedo)
Ramin (Gonystilus spp.)
C. Monogyna (Crataegus Monogyna)
C. Rhipidophylla (Crataegus Rhipidophylla)
Cola (Cola Gigantea)
Keruing (Dipterocarpus spp.)
K. Septemlobus (K. Septemlobus)
Juniperus misc. (Juniperus spp.)
J. Chinensis (Juniperus Chinensis)
J. Procera (Juniperus Procera)
J. Sabina (Juniperus Sabina)
Timbauba (Enterolobium Schomburgkii)
Bloodwood (Brosimum Rubescens / B. Paraense)
Kosipo (Entandophragma Candollei)
Jacareuba (Calophyllum Brasiliense)
Eucalyptus (Jarrah) (Eucalyptus Marginata)
Agba (Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum)
O. Bullata (Ocotea Bullata)
O. Rubra (Ocotea Rubra)
O. Fragrantissima (Ocotea Fragrantissima)
Ocotea (Ocotea spp.)
Freijo (Cordia Goeldiana)
Curupixa (Micropholis spp.)
She-Oak, River (Casuarina Cunninghamiana)
Nothofagus (Nothofagus Procera)
Guanacaste (Enterolobium Cyclocarpum)
Mersawa (Anisoptera Marginata)
Mersawa (Anisoptera Costata)
Bomanga (Brachystegia spp.)
Tatajuba (Bagassa Guianensis)
Alstonia (Alstonia spp.)
P. Juliflora (Prosopis Juliflora)
P. Chilensis (Prosopis Chilensis)
C. Villosum (Caryocar Villosum)
A. Elasticus (Artocarpus Elasticus)
A. Odoratissimus (Artocarpus Odoratissimus)
A. Integer (Artocarpus Integer)
Maple, Bigleaf (Acer macrophyllum)
Mukulungu (Autranella Congolensis)
Belian (Eusideroxylon Zwageri)
Cedar, Chinese (Toona Sinensis)
Onzabili (Antrocaryon Klaineanum)
Mulberry, African (Afromorus Mesozygia)
E. Maximum (Enterolobim Maximum)
E. Contortisiliquum (Enterolobium Contortisiliquum)

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