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Doussie
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1810
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Africa
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Doussie is a very popular exotic hardwood with moderate to coarse texture, medium luster, and straight to interlocked graining.
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Ebony
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3220
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Africa
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Ebony has a grain that can be straight, curly, or interlocked. The texture is very fine, with a high glossy luster.
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Eucalyptus
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1125
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Australia
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Eucalyptus has an interlocking grain, and a coarse texture.
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European Beech
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1300
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Europe
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Beech (European) features fine graining and small rays in an attractive range of shades.
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Heart Pine
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910
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North America
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Pine (Heart) is a dense and durable wood that shows dark brown knots. It has bold contrasts in the alternating tones of sapwood and heartwood which give it a dynamic appearance.
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Hemlock
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500
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Canada
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Hemlock has an uneven twisted grain and has a medium to coarse texture.
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Hickory
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1820
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North America
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Hickory has a coarse-texture with a fine grain and is usually straight. It sometimes can be wavy or irregular and is the hardest, heaviest and strongest American wood.
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Honduran Mahogany
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800
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South America
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Mahogany (Honduran) is moderately soft, with a straight grain and a fine even texture.
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Honduran Rosewood
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2200
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Central America
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Rosewood (Honduran) has a mostly straight grain with a medium to fine texture.
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Iroko Kambala
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1260
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Africa
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Iroko/Kambala wood has features with an open pore, interlocked, sometimes irregular graining and a medium to coarse texture.
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Jarrah
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1910
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Australia
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Jarrah has a grain that is interlocking or wavy, with a moderate to coarse texture. Fistulina hepatica, a fungus in the wood causes deep brown flecks all through the wood, which enhance its appearance.
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Kempas
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1710
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Asia
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Kempas is fairly lustrous, with a coarse texture. Its grain can be interlocked or spiraled.
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Lacewood
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840
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South America
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Lacewood features straight to wavy graining with a medium to coarse texture, fair luster, unique patterns of eyes, and rays throughout.
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Larch
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590
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North America
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Larch has a coarse texture and a spiraled or twisted grain and resists decay well.
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Leopardwood
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840
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Australia
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Leopardwood is stable and tightly grained and features beautiful figuring and high resistance to decay.
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