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PZC Chatometry

A standard system to measure wood chatoyance

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  • What is Chatoyance?
    • Curl
    • Ribbon Stripe
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    • Flecks
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  • The PZC method
    • Scale example 1
    • Scale example 2
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    • 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
    • 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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Flecks

Medullary rays appear as flecks when wood is quartersawn. These typically have their brightness peak out of phase with respect to the surrounding surface, so they look really evident when lighting the surface from different directions. Below some examples:

Maple, European (from Seralvo)- PZC = 15.6
Beech, European (from [Source 3])- PZC = 9.5
Iroko (from [Source 37])- PZC = 23.0
Sapele (from Seralvo)- PZC = 22.3
Purpleheart (from Seralvo)- PZC = 9.7
London Plane (from Seralvo)- PZC = 14.9
Bog Oak (from [Source 24])- PZC = 11.2
Mulberry (from [Source 23])- PZC = 20.4
Louro Faia (from Seralvo)- PZC = 17.2
Cherry, Black (from P. Hinds)- PZC = 18.4
Osage Orange, Green (from Paul Veerkamp)- PZC = 19.4
Elm (from [Source 27])- PZC = 14.9
Koto (from [Source 27])- PZC = 12.9
Ash, European (from Seralvo)- PZC = 14.5
Bocote (from [Source 22])- PZC = 11.8
Ziricote (from Seralvo)- PZC = 6.7
Walnut, European (from M. Zanichelli)- PZC = 19.2
Makore (from P. Hinds)- PZC = 19.9
Mahogany, Honduras (from Seralvo)- PZC = 24.9
Louro Preto (from [Source 26])- PZC = 11.5
Tineo (from Evolution Panels and Doors)- PZC = 12.3
Movingui (from [Source 35])- PZC = 18.7
Paldao (from [Source 28])- PZC = 24.9
Black Locust (from Tim Connell)- PZC = 16.6
Oak, Red (from P. Hinds)- PZC = 11.4
Teak (from [Source 49])- PZC = 13.5
Osage Orange, Argentine (from [Source 4])- PZC = 11.6
Honey Locust (from NEHOSOC)- PZC = 12.3
Service Tree (from NEHOSOC)- PZC = 9.1
M. Champaka (from NEHOSOC)- PZC = 19.9
Hackberry (from Segheria Proverbio)- PZC = 14.8
Tiama (from Joey Montagut)- PZC = 23.2
Mango (from [Source 53])- PZC = 26.2
E. Diversicolor (from [Source 27])- PZC = 19.3
Ailanthus (from [Source 27])- PZC = 15.2
Cola (from [Source 42])- PZC = 11.7
Keruing (from [Source 53])- PZC = 14.2
C. Nitida (from Joey Montagut)- PZC = 10.5
Tasmanian Myrtle (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 13.6
Maple, Queensland (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 22.8
E. Delegatensis (from I. Beasley / S. Meldrum)- PZC = 16.9
Oak, Northern Silky (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 12.9
Kosipo (from [Source 28])- PZC = 17.5
Mahogany, Cuban (from [Source 28])- PZC = 15.4
Bilinga (from [Source 42])- PZC = 12.2
O. Fragrantissima (from NEHOSOC)- PZC = 22.7
L. Alpinum x Anagyroides (from [Source 58])- PZC = 21.6
Mersawa (from NEHOSOC)- PZC = 8.6
Olive, Russian (from G. Saladini & C. Lelli)- PZC = 15.7
Goupie (from [Source 28])- PZC = 11.9
N. Kabingaensis (from [Source 74])- PZC = 24.4
Wenge (from [Source 79])- PZC = 7.6
Sipo (from Seralvo)- PZC = 22.9
Bintangor (from [Source 79])- PZC = 20.3
Oak, Southern Silky (from J. McConnachie)- PZC = 11.9
Mukulungu (from Joey Montagut)- PZC = 10.6
Dabema (from [Source 42])- PZC = 22.9
Oak, Hairy (from Vernon Bunn)- PZC = 9.3
Kempas (from Seralvo)- PZC = 14.4
Cedar, Chinese (from [Source 53])- PZC = 14.8
Beefwood (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 9.9
Macadamia (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 9.0
Oak, Forest (from C. McGuire)- PZC = 9.4
Assengai (from [Source 28])- PZC = 12.7
Buloke (from Boutique Timber)- PZC = 13.6
Needlewood (from Boutique Timber)- PZC = 11.6
Elderberry (from Segheria Proverbio)- PZC = 12.3
Tepa (from [Source 27])- PZC = 13.9
Oak, English Brown (from [Source 27])- PZC = 14.7
Hophornbeam (from [Source 59])- PZC = 12.5
Oak, Silver (from Vernon Bunn)- PZC = 11.9
A. Dealbata (from D. Valentini)- PZC = 12.3
Oak, Pedunculate (from [Source 96])- PZC = 12.7
Briar (from [Source 99])- PZC = 13.4

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