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PZC Chatometry

A standard system to measure wood chatoyance

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    • 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
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    • Roasting Curly Maple
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      • Sunlight exposure on purpleheart
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      • 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
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      • Finishing Hackberry
      • Finishing Paldao
      • Finishing Bocote
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      • Finishing Tasmanian Blackwood
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    • 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
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    • From firewood to PZC results
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Summary Table

As of June 19th, 2024, we tested 521 different wood types.

Those for which specimens were obtained from at least 5 different logs are marked as bold.

Chatoyance is measured according to the PZC method.

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Wood common nameSpeciesN. different logsPZC averagePZC minPZC max
AburaMitragyna spp.58.36.710
Acacia (misc)Acacia spp.3616.28.726.6
Adams Apple FlowerTabernaemontana crassa115.715.715.7
AfinaStrombosia grandifolia18.78.78.7
African CorkwoodMusanga cecropioides110.610.610.6
African Oil BeanPentaclethra macrophylla113.913.913.9
African tulip treeSpathodea campanulata111.411.411.4
African Yellow WoodAnnickia affinis115.115.115.1
AfrormosiaPericopsis Elata814.211.916.5
AfzeliaAfzelia spp.1113.910.218.7
AgathisAgathis spp.614.913.316.4
AgbaGossweilerodendron balsamiferum413.410.618.5
AieleCanarium Schweifurtii117.117.117.1
AilanthusAilanthus spp.513.810.415.5
AituwuDendrobangia sp.112.312.312.3
AkuammaPicralima nitida18.38.38.3
AlbeziaAlbizia spp.171911.626
Albizia, PlumeAlbizia Lophantha216.816.717
AlderAlnus Glutinosa814.510.819.1
Alder, RedAlnus Rubra516.815.119.5
AlepDesbordesia glaucescens16.96.96.9
AleuritesAleurites spp.111.611.611.6
Allocasuarina, misc.Allocasuarina Verticillta17.77.77.7
AlmondPrunus amygdalus210.48.112.6
AlstoniaAlstonia spp.511.06.212.9
AmvoutTrichoscypha acuminata17.27.27.2
AnacahuitaCordia Boissieri17.87.87.8
AndoungAphanocalyx heitzii117.517.517.5
AngelimHymenolobium spp.511.910.114.6
AngeliqueDicorynia guianensis119.519.519.5
Angico Parapiptadenia Rigida112.712.712.7
AniegreAningeria spp.1114.211.517.8
Aningre blancChrysophyllum gigantea113.413.413.4
AorantheAoranthe cladantha1999
AppleMalus Communis69.46.711
Apple, EmuOwenia Acidula110.210.210.2
Apple, MalaySyzygium malaccense17.77.77.7
Apricot treePrunus armeniaca18.28.28.2
AraucariaAraucaria Angustifolia1014.78.120.5
Arbre a fourmisBarteria fistulosa16.16.16.1
ArtocarpusArtocarpus spp.418.611.927.3
Ash, American WhiteFraxinus Americana711.58.714.2
Ash, CrowsFlindersia Australis38.47.29.7
Ash, EuropeanFraxinus Excelsior1612.78.916.8
Ash, Moreton BayCorymbia Tessellaris111.611.611.6
Ash, OliveFraxinus Excelsior714.712.117.6
Ash, SilverFlindersia Bourjotiana313.59.517.1
Ash, TamoFraxinus mandshurica616.613.522
AspidospermaAspidosperma spp.611.15.414.1
AssengaiCurtisia Dentata112.912.912.9
Australian BlackwoodAcacia Melanoxylon2126.617.535.6
AvocadoPersea americana19.79.79.7
AvodireTurraeanthus Africanus614.11020.1
Axegapper Geijera Salicifolia15.85.85.8
AzobeLophira spp.79.37.612
BacuriPlatonia insignis110.310.310.3
BaelAegle Marmelos19.19.19.1
BalsaOchroma pyramidale19.79.79.7
BambooBambusoideae59.17.89.4
BaraunaSchinopsis brasiliensis18.58.58.5
BaromalliCatostemma Fragrans113.113.113.1
Batswing Coral TreeErythrina Vespertilio110.510.510.5
Bauhnia, WhiteLysiphyllum Hookeri15.95.95.9
Bee-Bee TreeTetradium daniellii1141414
Beech, EuropeanFagus Sylvatica2410.98.315.2
Beech, North AmericanFagus Grandifolia310.88.612.7
BeefwoodGrevillea Striata39.68.610.7
BeliJulbernardia pellegriniana221.720.023.4
BelianEusideroxylon Zwageri27.16.87.4
Belize LogwoodHaematoxylum Campechianum111.511.511.5
BilingaNauclea diderrichii612.810.515
Billy Webb WoodAcosmium Panamense1171717
BintangorCalophyllum spp.724.517.929.4
BirchBetula spp.1517.613.921.3
Birch, Karelian BurlBetula Pendula415.111.919.7
BitterbarkSacoglottis gabonensis110.410.410.4
BitterwoodVatairea spp.115.815.815.8
Black BeanCastanospermum Australe513.610.915.6
Black ChacateGuibourtia conjugata17.57.57.5
Black LocustRobinia Pseudoacacia3514.97.423.1
BlighiaBlighia welwitschii19.59.59.5
BloodwoodBrosimum Rubescens / B. Paraense518.911.623.5
BoarwoodSymphonia globulifera15.75.75.7
BocoBocoa prouacensis16.86.86.8
BocoteCordia elaeagnoides1011.28.313
Bog OakQuercus spp.811.69.314.2
BoireDetarium spp.518.614.225.2
Boleko NutOngokea gore16.76.76.7
BomangaBrachystegia spp.517.515.918.2
BonewoodMacropteranthes Leichhardtii110.410.410.4
BoonareeAlectryon Oleifolius17.07.07
BoxelderAcer Negundo611.29.313.3
BoxwoodBuxus Sempervirens57.36.97.8
Boxwood, BrazilianEsenbeckia Grandiflora16.36.36.3
Boxwood, CasteloCalycophyllum spp.26.35.17.5
Boxwood, MaracaiboCasearia praecox18.28.28.2
BrachyrachysSwartzia brachyrachys19.39.39.3
BriarErica Arborea710.46.613
Bridalveil TreeCaesalpinia Granadillo124.824.824.8
BrideliaBridelia Ferruginea113.913.913.9
BroomSpartium / Calicotome / Cytisus / Genista315.411.119
BruinhartVouacapoua spp.110.410.410.4
Brushbox Lophostemon Confertus29.28.510
BubingaGuibourtia Demeusei1418.612.824.4
Buckthorn, ItalianRhamnus Alaternus113.113.113.1
BudgerooLysicarpus Angustifolius16.76.76.7
BulokeAllocasuarina Luehmannii211.58.714.3
ButternutJuglans Cinerea516.113.219.5
CabreuvaMyrocarpus spp.316.716.217.4
CacaoTheobroma Cacao18.88.88.8
CamelliaCamelia Japonica14.94.94.9
CamphorCinnamomum Camphora315.511.818.4
CanarywoodCentrolobium spp.718.214.922.8
Cannonball TreeCouroupita Guianensis114.314.314.3
CapparisCapparis arborea17.87.87.8
CarapaCarapa spp.620.316.326
Caribbean Trumpet TreeTabebuia Aurea1777
CarobCeratonia Siliqua38.76.69.9
Casuarina, misc.Casuarina Equisetifolia311.99.615.2
CatalpaCatalpa spp.819.411.124.7
Cattle BushPittosporum Angustifolium17.27.27.2
Cedar, Australian RedToona Ciliata1518.111.726.6
Cedar, ChineseToona Sinensis319.813.525.4
Cedar, Eastern RedJuniperus Virginiana59.89.310.2
Cedar, EuropeanCedrus Libani107.869.1
Cedar, IncenseCalocedrus Decurrens111.611.611.6
Cedar, MackayParaserianthes Toona113.813.813.8
Cedar, SpanishCedrela Odorata820.516.222.7
Cedar, Western RedThuja Plicata71210.713.2
CerejeiraAmburana Caearensis714.111.716.3
Chacate PretoGuibourtia Conjugata19.99.99.9
ChechenMetopium Brownei615.910.721.3
Chen ChenAntiaris spp.312.11212.2
Cherry, BlackPrunus Serotina917.413.518.7
Cherry, Black (GROWN IN ITALY)Prunus Serotina1612.610.215.2
Cherry, KoreanPrunus Maximowiczii116.216.216.2
Cherry, SweetPrunus Avium1615.6918.4
Chestnut, AmericanCastanea Dentata110.510.510.5
Chestnut, ChineseCastanea Mollissima19.29.29.2
Chestnut, HorseAesculus Hippocastanum410.89.411.7
Chestnut, SweetCastanea spp.1313.58.918.5
Chestnut, TropicalSterculia Tragantha19.39.39.3
ChinaberryMelia Azedarach215.214.316.1
CoachwoodCeratopetalum Apetalum113.813.813.8
Coast Silk-TasselGarrya elliptica16.26.26.2
Cocaine BushErythroxylum Australe27.87.58.2
CoconutCocus Nucifera47.36.68.3
CocuswoodBrya Ebenus112.912.912.9
CoffeetreeGymnocladus Dioicus212.711.913.4
ColaCola Gigantea611.57.515.9
CoulaCoula edulis16.36.36.3
CumaruDipteryx spp.610.68.714.2
CurupayAnadenanthera Colubrina219.116.122
CurupixaMicropholis spp.413.210.816.1
Cypress, ArizonaCupressus Arizonica18.58.58.5
Cypress, BaldTaxodium Distichum77.66.79.8
Cypress, LawsonChamaecyparis Lawsoniana810.27.512.1
Cypress, Mediterranean Cupressus Sempervivens89.27.211.5
Cypress, NootkaCallitropsis Nootkaensis112.912.912.9
DabemaPiptadeniastrum Africanum221.219.622.8
Dead FinishArchidendropsis Basaltica18.78.78.7
Desert IronwoodOlneya Tesota612.18.215.1
DesplatsiaDesplatsia subericarpa110.910.910.9
DialiumDialium Pachyphillum110.910.910.9
DividaScorodophloeus Zenkeri119.419.419.4
DogwoodCornus spp.59.28.112.4
DrypetesDrypetes gossweileri16.76.76.7
DurianDurio spp.213.21313.4
EbanoCaesalpinia Ebano17.67.67.6
EbiaraBerlinia spp.516.715.417.5
EbinCroton oligandrus116.516.516.5
Ebony, Black and WhiteDiospyros Malabarica38.77.610.5
Ebony, BrazilianSwartzia panacoco1666
Ebony, BrownLibidibia Paraguariensis17.97.97.9
Ebony, GaboonDiospyros crassiflora56.75.77.9
Ebony, greenDiospyros Durionoides29.89.89.9
Ebony, MacassarDiospyros Celebica1011.17.714.9
EkongTricoscypha Eugong119.319.319.3
ElderberrySambucus spp.39.8811.7
ElmUlmus spp.1314.411.218.2
Elm, AmericanUlmus Americana212.29.614.8
Enterolobium, misc.Enterolobim Maximum215.9724.8
EssiaPetersianthus Macrocarpus1151515
EtimoeCopaifera Salikounda1021.917.627.3
EucalyptusEucalyptus spp.3513.96.423.7
Eucalyptus (Jarrah)Eucalyptus Marginata513.26.820.5
Eucalyptus (River Red Gum)Eucalyptus Camaldulensis79.48.410.7
Eucalyptus (Tasmanian Oak)Eucalyptus Regnans, E. Obliqua, E. Delegatensis1316.412.621.5
Eucalyptus RegnansEucalyptus Regnans718.918.121.4
EyekPachyelasma Tessmannii120.220.220.2
FaroDaniellia oliveri112.512.512.5
FiddlewoodCitharexylum montevidense19.79.79.7
FigFicus Carica119.6613.9
Fir, DouglasPseudotsuga Mendziesii1011.1913.7
Fir, European SilverAbies Alba7108.112.7
FramireTerminalia Ivorensis514.610.517.2
FreijoCordia Goeldiana418.116.720.9
FumaCeiba Pentandra17.47.47.4
FuntumiaFuntumia Africana29.48.710.2
GarapaApuleia Leiocarpa612.110.014.2
GeronggangCratoxylum Arborescens, C. Glaucum1232323
GheombiSindoropsis Letestui121.321.321.3
Giant SequoiaSequoiadendron Giganteum69.87.313.4
Gingko BilobaGingko Biloba29.2711.4
GoiabaoPlanchonella Pachycarpa27.15.78.5
GombeDidelotia spp.120.920.920.9
Goncalo AlvesAstronium Lecointei612.88.921.8
Gonfolo roseQualea rosea115.715.715.7
GoupieGoupia Glabra311.21012.2
GranadilloPlatimyscium spp.1213.710.617.4
GuanacasteEnterolobium Cyclocarpum420.013.227
GuareaGuarea spp.815.710.618.5
GuatambuBalfourodendron riedelianum48.06.49.7
Guava, CommonPsidium guajava111.511.511.5
HackberryCeltis spp.712.710.316
Hackberry, MediterraneanCeltis Australis312.211.113.5
HawthornCrataegus spp.78.47.59.8
HazelnutCorylus spp.511.69.913.7
HederaHedera spp.16.86.86.8
HeisteriaHeisteria parvifolia18.48.48.4
HemlockTsuga Canadensis611.6718.1
HickoryCarya spp.613.912.515.1
Hickory, CairnsFlindersia Ifflana1181818
HollyIlex spp.86.95.78.5
Honey LocustGleditsia Triacanthos511.59.913
HophornbeamOstrya Carpinifolia112.612.612.6
HornbeamCarpinus Betulus510.28.811.9
Ice Cream BeanInga Edulis114.914.914.9
ImbuiaPhoebe Porosa512.28.018.8
Inga, misc.Inga spp.118.818.818.8
IpeHandroanthus spp.911.27.615.3
IrokoMilicia spp.1521.415.826.5
Ironwood, Coastal WhiteVepris Carringtoniana111.111.111.1
IzombeTestulea Gabonensis17.77.77.7
JacarandaJacaranda copaia113.113.113.1
JacareubaCalophyllum Brasiliense423.621.425.2
Jasmine, OrangeMurraya Paniculata115.315.315.3
JatobaHymenaea Courbaril817.212.122.5
JequitibaCariniana spp.620.214.427.8
JongkongDactylocladus Stenostachys123.823.823.8
JunglesopAnonidium mannii114.214.214.2
Juniperus misc.Juniperus spp.1010.58.314.2
KahikateaDacrycarpus Dacrydioides1131313
KakiDiospyros Kaki48.96.510.9
KapurDryobalanops spp.514.613.416.1
KataloxSwatzia Cubensis68.4614.4
KempasKoompassia Malaccensis315.713.418.2
KeruingDipterocarpus spp.814.710.521.3
KeruntumCombretocarpus Rotundatus112.312.312.3
KhayaKhaya spp.1420.813.828.7
KiwiActinidia spp.1666
KoaAcacia Koa2326.318.133.5
KosipoEntandophragma Candollei422.218.828
KotibeNesogordonia spp.518.715.624
KotoPterygota Macrocarpa1112.310.117.5
LaburnumLaburnum spp.619.612.926.2
LagerstroemiaLagerstroemia spp.211.110.911.4
Larch, EuropeanLarix spp.1210.88.213.7
LatiAmphimas spp.59.4711.1
Laurel, BayLaurus nobilis110.210.210.2
Laurel, CherryPrunus Laurocerasus109.26.912.9
Laurel, IndianTerminalia Elliptica312.69.516.6
Leatherwood, Tasmanian Red HeartEucryphia Lucida115.215.215.2
LecaniodiscusLecaniodiscus cupanioides1999
Leichardt BeanCassia Brewsteri1888
LentiskPistacia Lentiscus48.67.89.4
LeopardwoodRoupala spp.410.59.312.1
LeptactinaLeptactina arborescens19.49.49.4
LicariaLicaria cayanense1141414
Lignum VitaeGuaiacum Officinale49.77.313.6
LilacSyringa Vulgaris26.166.2
LimbaTerminalia Superba615.814.117.5
Limba, BlackTerminalia Superba917.914.322.3
Lime, EuropeanTilia spp.812.110.014.1
Lime, nativeCitrus Glauca16.66.66.6
LitseaLitsea spp.211.78.315.1
Lolly BushClerodendrum Floribundum1666
London PlanePlatanus X Hispanica9128.115.5
LoquatEriobotrya Japonica16.26.26.2
Louro FaiaPanopsis spp.816.413.119.3
Louro PretoCordia Glabrata511.39.913.4
MacadamiaMacadamia spp.29.49.19.7
MacarangaMacaranga spinosa114.314.314.3
MachicheLonchocarpus Castilloi120.620.620.6
MadroneArbutus spp.88.25.313.6
Maesobotrya barteriMaesobotrya barteri15.75.75.7
MagnoliaMagnolia Grandiflora1412822.7
Mahogany, CubanSwietenia Mahogani516.91023
Mahogany, HondurasSwietenia Macrophylla82013.925.4
Mahogany, NatalTrichilia emetica113.413.413.4
MakoreTieghemella Heckelii, T. Africana1220.617.126.8
MangoMangifera Indica917.711.427.2
Mango, WildIrvingia spp29.499.9
ManoaoManoao Colensoi110.310.310.3
MansoniaMansonia Altissima617.11321.5
Maple, BigleafAcer macrophyllum314.110.419.3
Maple, EuropeanAcer spp.2913.79.717.8
Maple, Hard Acer Saccharum1215.212.718.9
Maple, QueenslandFlindersia Brayleyana823.516.428.2
Maple, Silver (Flindersia)Flindersia Acuminata1191919
Maple, Western RedAcer Rubrum214.914.215.5
MarblewoodZygia Racemosa110.710.710.7
MassarandubaManilkara spp.5109.111.6
MatumiBreonadia Salicina19.19.19.1
MbutaTrichoscypha oddonii111.211.211.2
MelaleucaMelaleuca spp.211.59.113.8
MerantiShorea spp.1318.111.225.6
MerbauIntsia spp.919.114.824.2
MersawaAnisoptera spp.411.48.718.6
MesquiteProsopis spp.516.51421
MiamingomoCaloncoba mannii110.210.210.2
MilkwoodWrightia Saligna14.94.94.9
MiloThespesia populnea19.69.69.6
MoabiBailonella Toxisperma612.310.913.1
Monkey FruitMyrianthus arboreus112.612.612.6
MopaneColophospermum Mopane113.613.613.6
Mora GonggrijpiiMora Gonggrijpii120.420.420.4
MorindaMorinda lucida111.811.811.8
MovinguiDistemonanthus benthamianus615.713.818.1
MuhuhuBrachylaena Huilensis115.415.415.4
MukulunguAutranella Congolensis410.57.713.5
MulberryMorus spp.1116.610.329
Mulberry, AfricanAfromorus Mesozygia113.713.713.7
Mulberry, ChineseMorus Australis115.215.215.2
MuningaPterocarpus Angolensis114.714.714.7
MuriatingaMaquira Sclerophylla1999
MutenyeGuibourtia Arnoldiana52018.720.9
MvanaHylodendron gabunense114.414.414.4
Myrtle, CaliforniaUmbellularia Californica123.223.223.2
Myrtle, QueenslandPsydrax Attenuata17.27.27.2
Myrtle, trueMyrtus communis16.26.26.2
NargustaTerminalia Amazonia211.38.713.9
NarraPterocarpus Indicus716.510.420.8
NeedlewoodHakea Leucoptera111.611.611.6
NewtoniaNewtonia Hildebrantii111.111.111.1
NiangonTarrietia spp.718.916.123.6
NiatohPlaquium spp., Payena spp.119.119.119.1
Nile TulipMarkhamia Lutea212.711.514
NioveStaudtia spp.613.19.319.7
NothofagusNothofagus Procera511.59.017.1
NtomDuguetia staudtii118.918.918.9
Oak, AthertonAthertonia Diversifolia117.817.817.8
Oak, corkQuercus Suber59.27.811.3
Oak, English BrownQuercus spp.315.413.417.8
Oak, evergreenQuercus Ilex68.57.710
Oak, ForestAllocasuarina Torulosa211.49.213.6
Oak, HairyAllocasuarina Inophloia49.4811.5
Oak, JapaneseQuercus Mongolica111.611.611.6
Oak, Northern SilkyCardwellia Sublimis715.011.617.1
Oak, PedunculateQuercus Robur610.78.212.4
Oak, RedQuercus Rubra712.110.612.8
Oak, SessileQuercus Petraea, Q. Pubescens2312.69.815.5
Oak, SilverGrevillea Parallela111.811.811.8
Oak, Southern SilkyGrevillea Robusta513.610.717.7
Oak, StoneLithocarpus sp.110.810.810.8
Oak, TurkeyQuercus Cerris1151515
Oak, WhiteQuercus Alba811.48.514.2
ObecheTriplochiton Scleroxylon811.110.411.9
ObotoMammea africana116.616.616.6
OcholPseudospondias microcarpa111.311.311.3
OcoteaOcotea spp.620.512.628.7
OkanCylicodiscus Gabunensis113.813.813.8
OkoumeAucoumea Klaineana1221.114.727.5
OleanderNerium Oleander18.58.58.5
OliveOlea Europeea148.35.511.6
Olive, RussianEleagnus spp.414.410.716.4
Olive, WildOlea Oleaster39.96.413
OlonFagara Heitzii214.412.716
OnzabiliAntrocaryon Klaineanum212.79.715.8
Orange, WildCapparis Mitchellii17.57.57.5
Osage OrangeMaclura Pomifera513.711.415.7
Osage Orange, ArgentineMaclura Tinctoria315.210.822.9
Osage Orange, GreenMaclura Pomifera101711.123.7
OsangaPteleopsis hylodendron111.711.711.7
OssokoScyphocephalium Ochocoa122.022.022
OvangkolGuibourtia Ehie920.012.624.2
OweHexalobus crispiflorus110.110.110.1
PadoukPterocarpus Soyauxii1417.313.222.4
Padouk, BurmaPterocarpus Macrocarpus212.510.314.8
PaldaoDracontomelon dao1021.117.824.3
Palm, BlackBorassus Flabellifer27.36.77.9
Palm, WindmillTrachycarpus fortunei15.25.25.2
PandaPanda oleosa18.38.38.3
Panga PangaMillettia Stuhlmannii36.76.17.3
Pao RosaSwarzia Fistuloides510.48.611.8
Pau BrancoPhyllostilon Brasiliensis110.210.210.2
PaulowniaPaulownia Tomentosa612.510.915.3
PearPirus Communis910.58.115.1
Pear, BradfordPyrus Calleriana16.76.76.7
Pear, European WildPyrus Pyraster1111111
Pear, MilkInhambanella Henriquesii17.37.37.3
Pear, WhiteApodytes dimidiata18.18.18.1
PecanCarya Illinoinensis312.510.114.8
Pepper, EthiopianXylopia Aethiopica313.513.213.8
Pepper, PeruvianSchinus Molle19.29.29.2
Peroba RosaAspidosperma Cylindrocarpon58.98.19.6
PersimmonDiospyros Virginiana210.89.112.6
Pheasant-berryMargaritaria discoidea111.211.211.2
PhyllireaPhyllirea spp.16.66.66.6
PicconiaPicconia excelsa1999
Pine, Celery TopPhyllocladus Aspleniifolius110.310.310.3
Pine, Eastern WhitePinus Strobus211.710.313.2
Pine, HuonLagarostrobos Franklinii410.5818.1
Pine, King BillyAthrotaxis Selaginoides110.410.410.4
Pine, LoblollyPinus Taeda212.712.013.3
Pine, MaritimePinus Pinaster58.47.19.4
Pine, SlashPinus Ellioti114.514.514.5
Pine, Swiss StonePinus Cembra710.79.013.5
Pine, unspecifiedPinus spp.811.25.415
Pine, Western WhitePinus Monticola110.910.910.9
Pink IvoryBerchemia Zeyheri29.68.510.7
PiquiaranaCaryocar spp.37.26.97.6
Plum MyrobalanPrunus Cerasifera18.68.68.6
Plum, EuropeanPrunus Domestica310.17.011.9
Plum, SugarUapaca guineensis112.112.112.1
PodocarpusPodocarpus spp.6139.917.8
Popcorn TreeSenna spectabilis115.615.615.6
PoplarPopulus spp.914.510.417.2
Poplar, RainbowLiriodendron Tulipifera121.121.121.1
Poplar, YellowLiriodendron Tulipifera1313.210.419.5
PrekeseTetrapleura tetraptera111.611.611.6
PrimaveraRoseodendron Donnell-Smithii514.913.118.2
Privet, GlossyLigustrum Lucidum15.35.35.3
PurpleheartPeltogyne spp.914.010.718.8
QuinaMyroxylon peruiferum114.214.214.2
RaminGonystilus spp.512.110.913.4
Red GumLiquidambar Styraciflua512.612.312.9
RedbudCercis spp.213.611.216
RedheartErythroxylum spp., Simira spp.213.311.215.3
RedwoodSequoia Sempervirens610.77.812.4
RengasGluta spp.221.516.326.8
ResakVatica spp., Cottlelobium spp.115.615.615.6
RibbonwoodEuroschinus Falcatus117.717.717.7
Rosewood, African BlackwoodDalbergia Melanoxylon47.96.29.5
Rosewood, AmazonDalbergia Spruceana214.210.517.8
Rosewood, BrazilianDalbergia Nigra313.610.715.9
Rosewood, BurmeseDalbergia Oliverii310.39.511.1
Rosewood, CocoboloDalbergia Retusa59.58.411.8
Rosewood, HondurasDalbergia Stevensonii714.910.817.6
Rosewood, IndianDalbergia Latifolia710.98.615.4
Rosewood, KingwoodDalbergia Caearensis713.69.316.8
Rosewood, MadagascarDalbergia Baronii511.7917.6
Rosewood, SantosMachaerium Villosum1412.68.515.7
Rosewood, ThaiDalbergia Cochinchinensis315.814.217.1
RubberwoodHevea spp.210.88.713
SabicuLysiloma Sabicu1131313
SafouPachylobus edulis112.612.612.6
Sandalwood, AfricanOsyris spp.116.216.216.2
SapeleEntandrophragma cylindricum1820.414.124.5
SassafrasSassafras Albidum515.71318.5
Sassafras, BlackheartAtherosperma moschatum316.315.318
SatinwoodChloroxylon Swietenia713.511.017.6
Sausage treeKigelia africana1666
Scrub LeopardwoodFlindersia Dissosperma16.16.16.1
SelanganHopea spp.120.320.320.3
SenKalopanax spp.614.210.417.7
SepetirSindora spp.227.927.828.1
Service TreeSorbus Domestica610912.2
She-Oak, RiverCasuarina Cunninghamiana410.810.111.5
SicklebushDichrostachys cinerea123.323.323.3
SideroxylonSideroxylon spp.25.74.96.4
SimaroubaSimarouba amara112.312.312.3
SimpohDillenia spp.117.917.917.9
SipoEntandophragma Utile621.316.523.6
SlangenhoutLoxopterygium Sagotii113.313.313.3
SmoketreeCotinus Obovatus215.311.319.3
SnakewoodBrosimum Guianense110.210.210.2
SobuCleistopholis glauca111.411.411.4
SophoraSophora spp.212.712.413
Spotted GumCorymbia spp.711.59.613.5
Spruce, Fiemme (Ciresa Tonewood)Picea Excelsa179.37.612.6
Stinkwood, WhiteCeltis Africana18.48.48.4
SucupiraBowdichia Nitida / Diplotropis Purpurea69.57.912
SumacRhus Typhina620.31522.8
Sycamore, AmericanPlatanus Occidentalis410.48.911.9
TaliErythrophleum Micranthum516.115.317
TamarackLarix Laricina114.714.714.7
TamarindTamarindus Indica18.38.38.3
TambotiSpirostachys Africana114.714.714.7
TanoakNotholithocarpus Densiflorus112.812.812.8
Tasmanian MuskOlearia Argophylla110.310.310.3
Tasmanian MyrtleNothofagus Cunninghamii1013.711.519.6
TatajubaBagassa Guianensis519.613.527.8
TauariCouratari spp.214.610.618.5
TchitolaOxystigma Oxyphillum320.317.822.3
TeakTectona Grandis1415.812.820.6
TepaLaureliopsis philippiana112.912.912.9
TerentangCamnosperma spp.122.022.022
TetrorchidiumTetrorchidium didymostemom1999
Thorn, sweetVachellia Karroo19.29.29.2
TiamaEntandophragma Angolense522.71925.3
TieteGuibourtia Hymenaeifolia112.312.312.3
TimbaubaEnterolobium Schomburgkii513.77.421.7
TineoWeinmannia trichosperma514.712.618.1
Tree DracaenaDracaena arborea15.35.35.3
Tree SpurgeEuphorbia Dendroides19.39.39.3
TremaTrema spp.212.811.913.7
Tulipwood (Brazilian)Dalbergia Decipularis512.411.315.4
TupeloNyssa spp.211.19.612.5
UlmoEucryphia cordifolia1777
Urundel Astronium Urundeuva117.017.017
VelvetseedGuettarda Combsii16.76.76.7
VerawoodBulnesia spp.210.49.411.5
VitexVitex grandifolia111.711.711.7
Walnut, AfricanLovoa Trichilioides920.315.725.9
Walnut, BlackJuglans Nigra2019.815.426.1
Walnut, ClaroJuglans Hindsii, J. Californica314.111.016.6
Walnut, EuropeanJuglans Regia211712.923.6
Walnut, PatagonianJuglans Honorei220.019.020.9
Walnut, QueenslandEndiandra Palmerstonii718.215.421.1
Wattle, OrangeAcacia Saligna512.612.212.9
WengeMillettia Laurentii158.36.410.2
WhitewoodAtalaya Hemiglauca17.17.17.1
WillowSalix spp.1313.88.816.8
WingnutPterocarya sp.116.116.116.1
Yellow WoodTerminalia Oblongata16.16.16.1
YellowheartEuxyloflora Paraensis214.612.416.8
YewTaxus Baccata79.57.611.2
YuccaYucca spp.18.58.58.5
ZebrawoodMicroberlinia Brazzavilensis1419.113.622.2
ZiricoteCordia Dodecandra77.06.19.1

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2 thoughts on “Summary Table”

  1. German news on Luglio 3, 2025 | 1:54 am

    This is a fascinating study on wood chatoyance, covering a wide range of wood types. The Woodworker’s Guide to Chatoyance seems like a valuable resource for enthusiasts. It’s great that it’s available in multiple countries, making it accessible to a global audience. I’m curious about the specific methods used to measure chatoyance in different woods. How does the guide help in identifying and enhancing chatoyance in woodworking projects?

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    • ppjbcol on Luglio 10, 2025 | 4:46 am

      Hi
      The guide covers both the difference between wood types and the effect of treatments/finishes.
      You can start by exploring the website to get a feeling of what this is all about!

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