As of January 6th, 2023, we tested 173 different wood types.

Recently added: Eucalyptus Regnans, Maritime Pine, Bloodwood, Northern Silky Oak, Timbauba, Bamboo

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

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)	23	16.8	8.7	26.6
Afrormosia	8	14.2	11.9	16.5
Afzelia	11	13.9	10.2	18.7
Agathis	5	14.8	13.3	16.4
Ailanthus	5	13.8	10.4	15.5
Albezia	16	19.5	11.9	26.0
Alder	7	15	12.6	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	5	11.5	8.7	14.2
Ash, European	14	12.9	8.9	16.8
Ash, Olive	5	14.9	12.1	17.6
Ash, Tamo	5	17.1	13.5	22.0
Australian Blackwood	16	28.6	21.1	35.6
Avodire	5	14.5	10.0	20.1
Azobe	6	9.1	7.6	12.0
Bamboo	5	9.1	7.8	9.4
Beech, European	21	10.7	8.3	14.0
Bintangor	6	25.0	17.9	29.4
Birch	13	17.5	13.9	21.3
Black Locust	12	17.0	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	5	10.8	9.3	12.1
Boxwood	5	7.3	6.9	7.8
Bubinga	12	19.2	14.0	24.4
Butternut	5	16.1	13.2	19.5
Canarywood	5	18.8	14.9	22.8
Carapa	6	20.3	16.3	26
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	8	7.8	6	9.1
Cedar, Spanish	6	20.5	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	7	17.4	13.5	18.7
Cherry, Sweet	14	15.9	11.7	18.4
Chestnut, Sweet	8	14.4	11.4	18.5
Cola	6	11.5	7.5	15.9
Cumaru	6	10.6	8.7	14.2
Cypress, Bald	6	7.3	6.7	9.8
Cypress, Lawson	8	10.2	7.5	12.1
Cypress, Mediterranean	8	9.2	7.2	11.5
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	8	22.1	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	9	10.3	7.6	13.9
Fir, Douglas	10	11.1	9	13.7
Fir, European Silver	7	10.0	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
Hawthorn	7	8.4	7.5	9.8
Hazelnut	5	11.6	9.9	13.7
Hemlock	6	11.6	7.0	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	8	11.2	7.6	15.3
Iroko	14	21.8	15.8	26.5
Jatoba	6	17.5	12.1	22.5
Jequitiba	6	20.2	14.4	27.8
Juniperus misc.	7	10.8	8.5	14.2
Kapur	5	14.6	13.4	16.1
Katalox	5	8.4	6	14.4
Keruing	8	14.7	10.5	21.3
Khaya	8	21.5	13.8	28.7
Koa	23	26.3	18.1	33.5
Koto	9	12.3	10.1	17.5
Larch, European	11	10.9	8.2	13.7
Lati	5	9.4	7.0	11.1
Limba	5	16.1	14.8	17.5
Limba, Black	8	18.1	14.3	22.3
Lime, European	8	12.2	10.0	14.1
London Plane	7	12.7	10.7	15.5
Louro Faia	5	17.4	16.2	19.3
Louro Preto	5	11.3	9.9	13.4
Madrone	6	8.5	5.3	13.6
Magnolia	12	12.2	8	22.7
Mahogany, Honduras	8	20.0	13.9	25.4
Makore	10	21.0	17.6	26.8
Mango	8	18.5	11.4	27.2
Mansonia	6	17.1	13	21.5
Maple, European	25	14.0	10.1	17.8
Maple, Hard	9	16.1	13.5	18.9
Maple, Queensland	7	24.5	20.9	28.2
Massaranduba	5	10.0	9.1	11.6
Meranti	12	18.4	11.2	25.6
Merbau	8	18.7	14.8	24.2
Moabi	6	12.3	10.9	13.1
Movingui	6	15.7	13.8	18.1
Mulberry	8	17.6	10.3	29.0
Narra	5	16.8	16.0	17.6
Niangon	6	18.1	16.1	20.2
Niove	6	13.1	9.3	19.7
Oak, Northern Silky	7	15	11.6	17.1
Oak, Red	7	12.1	10.6	12.8
Oak, Sessile	21	12.6	9.8	15.5
Oak, White	6	11.5	8.5	14.2
Obeche	8	11.1	10.4	11.9
Okoume	8	22.4	17.1	27.5
Olive	13	8.5	6.1	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	10	17.4	14.6	20.7
Paldao	6	21.4	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
Podocarpus	6	13.0	9.9	17.8
Poplar	8	14.7	10.4	17.2
Poplar, Yellow	10	11.9	10.4	15.0
Primavera	5	14.9	13.1	18.2
Purpleheart	8	13.8	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	10	12.4	8.5	15.7
Sapele	15	20.6	14.1	24.5
Sassafras	5	15.7	13.0	18.5
Satinwood	5	13.9	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	5	9.8	8.5	12.0
Tali	5	16.1	15.3	17.0
Tasmanian Myrtle	10	13.6	11.2	19.6
Teak	12	15.5	12.8	18.0
Tiama	5	22.7	19.0	25.3
Timbauba	5	13.7	7.4	21.7
Tineo	5	14.7	12.6	18.1
Walnut, African	8	19.9	15.7	25.9
Walnut, Black	16	18.9	15.4	26.1
Walnut, European	16	17.5	13.7	23.6
Walnut, Queensland	5	18.6	16.1	21.1
Wenge	13	8.4	6.4	10.2
Willow	11	13.5	8.8	16.8
Yew	6	9.8	8.4	11.2
Zebrawood	11	19.3	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
Coconut	2	7.1	7.0	7.3
Jacareuba	4	23.6	21.4	25.2
Kosipo	4	22.2	18.8	28
Lagerstroemia	1	11.4	11.4	11.4
Mahogany, Cuban	4	17.3	10	23
Osage Orange, Argentine	3	15.2	10.8	22.9