As of February 28th, 2023, we tested 181 different wood types.

Recently added: Desert Ironwood, Ocotea, Laburnum, Sumac, Tulipwood, Nothofagus, Mesquite

For each, specimens were obtained from at least 5 different logs, mostly from different sources.

About 40 more were less than 5 logs were available are reported as preliminary data at the bottom of the page.

Chatoyance is measured according to the PZC method.

Wood common name	N. different logs	PZC average	PZC min	PZC max
Abura	5	8.3	6.7	10.0
Acacia (misc)	24	16.6	8.7	26.6
Afrormosia	8	14.2	11.9	16.5
Afzelia	11	13.9	10.2	18.7
Agathis	6	14.9	13.3	16.4
Ailanthus	5	13.8	10.4	15.5
Albezia	16	19.5	11.9	26.0
Alder	8	14.5	10.8	19.1
Alder, Red	5	16.8	15.1	19.5
Angelim	5	11.9	10.1	14.6
Aniegre	10	14.4	11.5	17.8
Apple	5	10.0	8.5	11.0
Araucaria	8	15.8	11.2	20.5
Ash, American White	6	11.8	8.7	14.2
Ash, European	15	12.9	8.9	16.8
Ash, Olive	7	14.7	12.1	17.6
Ash, Tamo	6	16.6	13.5	22.0
Aspidosperma	5	12.2	8.7	14.1
Australian Blackwood	16	28.6	21.1	35.6
Avodire	6	14.1	10.0	20.1
Azobe	7	9.3	7.6	12.0
Bamboo	5	9.1	7.8	9.4
Beech, European	22	10.9	8.3	15.2
Bintangor	6	25.0	17.9	29.4
Birch	15	17.6	13.9	21.3
Black Locust	14	17	10.4	23.1
Bloodwood	5	18.9	11.6	23.5
Bocote	9	11.5	9.5	13.0
Bog Oak	8	11.6	9.3	14.2
Boire	5	18.6	14.2	25.2
Boxelder	6	11.2	9.3	13.3
Boxwood	5	7.3	6.9	7.8
Bubinga	13	19	14	24.4
Butternut	5	16.1	13.2	19.5
Canarywood	6	18.2	14.9	22.8
Carapa	6	20.3	16.3	26.0
Catalpa	8	19.4	11.1	24.8
Cedar, Australian Red	14	17.7	11.7	26.6
Cedar, Eastern Red	5	9.8	9.3	10.2
Cedar, European	9	7.7	6	9.1
Cedar, Spanish	7	20.3	16.2	22.7
Cedar, Western Red	6	11.8	10.7	13.2
Cerejeira	7	14.1	11.7	16.3
Chechen	5	16.9	11.6	21.3
Cherry, Black	8	17.5	13.5	18.7
Cherry, Sweet	14	15.9	11.7	18.4
Chestnut, Sweet	11	13.9	9.4	18.5
Cola	6	11.5	7.5	15.9
Cumaru	6	10.6	8.7	14.2
Cypress, Bald	7	7.6	6.7	9.8
Cypress, Lawson	8	10.2	7.5	12.1
Cypress, Mediterranean	8	9.2	7.2	11.5
Desert Ironwood	5	11.5	8.2	14.3
Dogwood	5	9.2	8.1	12.4
Ebiara	5	16.7	15.4	17.5
Ebony, Gaboon	5	6.7	5.7	7.9
Ebony, Macassar	9	11.3	7.7	14.9
Elm	13	14.4	11.2	18.2
Etimoe	9	22.3	17.6	27.3
Eucalyptus (River Red Gum)	5	9.5	8.5	10.7
Eucalyptus (Tasmanian Oak)	10	16.7	12.6	21.5
Eucalyptus	27	14.4	7.8	23.7
Eucalyptus Regnans	7	18.9	18.1	21.4
Fig	10	9.9	6.0	13.9
Fir, Douglas	10	11.1	9.0	13.7
Fir, European Silver	7	10	8.1	12.7
Framire	5	14.6	10.5	17.2
Garapa	6	12.1	10.0	14.2
Giant Sequoia	6	9.8	7.3	13.4
Goncalo Alves	6	12.8	8.9	21.8
Granadillo	6	14.3	11.7	17.4
Guarea	8	15.7	10.6	18.5
Hackberry	6	13.1	11.2	16.0
Hawthorn	7	8.4	7.5	9.8
Hazelnut	5	11.6	9.9	13.7
Hemlock	6	11.6	7	18.1
Hickory	6	13.9	12.5	15.1
Holly	8	6.9	5.7	8.5
Honey Locust	5	11.5	9.9	13.0
Hornbeam	5	10.2	8.8	11.9
Imbuia	5	12.2	8.0	18.8
Ipe	9	11.2	7.6	15.3
Iroko	14	21.8	15.8	26.5
Jatoba	8	17.2	12.1	22.5
Jequitiba	6	20.2	14.4	27.8
Juniperus misc.	8	11.0	8.5	14.2
Kapur	5	14.6	13.4	16.1
Katalox	5	8.4	6.0	14.4
Keruing	8	14.7	10.5	21.3
Khaya	11	21.3	13.8	28.7
Koa	23	26.3	18.1	33.5
Koto	10	12.3	10.1	17.5
Laburnum	5	19.7	12.9	26.2
Larch, European	12	10.8	8.2	13.7
Lati	5	9.4	7.0	11.1
Limba	6	15.8	14.1	17.5
Limba, Black	8	18.1	14.3	22.3
Lime, European	8	12.2	10.0	14.1
London Plane	8	12.2	8.1	15.5
Louro Faia	7	16.5	13.1	19.3
Louro Preto	5	11.3	9.9	13.4
Madrone	6	8.5	5.3	13.6
Magnolia	14	12.0	8.0	22.7
Mahogany, Honduras	8	20	13.9	25.4
Makore	11	20.6	17.1	26.8
Mango	8	18.5	11.4	27.2
Mansonia	6	17.1	13.0	21.5
Maple, European	28	13.8	9.7	17.8
Maple, Hard	11	15.5	12.7	18.9
Maple, Queensland	7	24.5	20.9	28.2
Massaranduba	5	10.0	9.1	11.6
Meranti	13	18.1	11.2	25.6
Merbau	8	18.7	14.8	24.2
Mesquite	5	16.5	14	21
Moabi	6	12.3	10.9	13.1
Movingui	6	15.7	13.7	18.1
Mulberry	9	17	10.3	29
Narra	5	16.8	16.0	17.6
Niangon	6	18.1	16.1	20.2
Niove	6	13.1	9.3	19.7
Nothofagus	5	11.5	9	17.1
Oak, Northern Silky	7	15.0	11.6	17.1
Oak, Red	7	12.1	10.6	12.8
Oak, Sessile	22	12.6	9.8	15.5
Oak, White	7	11.4	8.5	14.2
Obeche	8	11.1	10.4	11.9
Ocotea	6	20.5	12.6	28.7
Okoume	9	21.6	14.7	27.5
Olive	14	8.3	5.5	11.6
Osage Orange	5	13.7	11.4	15.7
Osage Orange, Green	10	17.0	11.1	23.7
Ovangkol	9	20.0	12.6	24.2
Padouk	13	17.5	13.2	22.4
Paldao	9	21.2	17.8	24.3
Pao Rosa	5	10.4	8.6	11.8
Paulownia	6	12.5	10.9	15.3
Pear	9	10.5	8.1	15.1
Peroba Rosa	5	8.9	8.1	9.6
Pine, Maritime	5	8.4	7.1	9.4
Pine, Swiss Stone	7	10.7	9.0	13.5
Pine, unspecified	5	13.2	11.8	15.0
Podocarpus	6	13.0	9.9	17.8
Poplar	8	14.5	10.4	17.2
Poplar, Yellow	12	13.1	10.4	19.5
Primavera	5	14.9	13.1	18.2
Purpleheart	9	14.0	10.7	18.8
Ramin	5	12.1	10.9	13.4
Red Gum	5	12.6	12.3	12.9
Redwood	6	10.7	7.8	12.4
Rosewood, Cocobolo	5	9.5	8.4	11.8
Rosewood, Honduras	7	14.9	10.8	17.6
Rosewood, Indian	7	10.9	8.6	15.4
Rosewood, Kingwood	7	13.6	9.3	16.8
Rosewood, Madagascar	5	11.7	9	17.6
Rosewood, Santos	11	12.5	8.5	15.7
Sapele	17	20.2	14.1	24.5
Sassafras	5	15.7	13.0	18.5
Satinwood	7	13.5	11.0	17.6
Sen	5	14.4	10.4	17.7
Service Tree	6	10.0	9.0	12.2
Sipo	5	20.9	16.5	23.6
Spotted Gum	6	11.2	9.6	12.9
Spruce, Fiemme (Ciresa Tonewood)	17	9.3	7.6	12.6
Sucupira	6	9.5	7.9	12
Sumac	5	19.8	15	22.8
Tali	5	16.1	15.3	17
Tasmanian Myrtle	10	13.6	11.2	19.6
Teak	13	15.4	12.8	18
Tiama	5	22.7	19	25.3
Timbauba	5	13.7	7.4	21.7
Tineo	5	14.7	12.6	18.1
Tulipwood (Brazilian)	5	12.4	11.3	15.4
Walnut, African	9	20.3	15.7	25.9
Walnut, Black	18	19.1	15.4	26.1
Walnut, European	19	17.4	13.0	23.6
Walnut, Queensland	7	18.2	15.4	21.1
Wenge	14	8.4	6.4	10.2
Willow	13	13.8	8.8	16.8
Yew	7	9.5	7.6	11.2
Zebrawood	12	19.2	13.6	22.2
Ziricote	7	7.0	6.1	9.1

Table below reports some data for wood species where the 5-logs target has not been reached yet:

Wood common name	N. different logs	PZC average	PZC min	PZC max
Agba	4	13.4	10.6	18.5
Alstonia	3	12.7	12.5	12.9
Artocarpus	4	18.6	11.9	27.3
Ash, Crow's	3	8.4	7.2	9.7
Beech, North American	3	10.8	8.6	12.7
Bilinga	4	12.9	10.5	15
Birch, Karelian Burl	1	11.9	11.9	11.9
Black Bean	4	14.3	13.1	15.6
Bomanga	3	18.1	17.9	18.2
Camphor	3	15.5	11.8	18.4
Chestnut, Horse	4	10.8	9.4	11.7
Coconut	3	7.5	7	8.3
Curupixa	4	13.2	10.8	16.1
Ebony, Black and White	3	8.7	7.6	10.5
Faro	1	12.5	12.5	12.5
Freijo	4	18.1	16.7	20.9
Goupie	3	11.2	10	12.2
Guanacaste	4	20	13.2	27
Guatambu	4	8	6.4	9.7
Jacareuba	4	23.6	21.4	25.2
Jarrah	4	14.9	8.3	20.5
Kosipo	4	22.2	18.8	28
Kotibe	3	19.8	17.3	24
Lagerstroemia	1	11.4	11.4	11.4
Leopardwood	3	10.9	10	12.1
Lignum Vitae	3	10.5	8.8	13.6
Mahogany, Cuban	4	17.3	10	23
Maple, Bigleaf	1	10.4	10.4	10.4
Mersawa	4	11.4	8.7	18.6
Oak, Southern Silky	4	14.4	10.9	17.7
Olive, Russian	4	14.4	10.7	16.4
Osage Orange, Argentine	3	15.2	10.8	22.9
Pecan	3	12.5	10.1	14.8
Pine, Huon	3	11.4	8	18.1
Piquiarana	3	7.2	6.9	7.6
Rosewood, African Blackwood	3	8.4	6.2	9.5
Rosewood, Brazilian	3	13.6	10.7	15.9
She-Oak, River	3	11.1	10.6	11.5
Sycamore, American	4	10.4	8.9	11.9
Tatajuba	3	22.6	18.7	27.8
Walnut, Claro	3	14.1	11	16.6