Thuya Burl Turning Blank {2 3/4" x 2 3/4" x7"}

Description

This listing includes one Thuya Burl Block apx. 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" x7.  The photos shown are a representation of what you will receive as all pieces are unique due to it being a natural product.
Thuya burl is fairly firm and dense with a high oil content, but tends to be brittle. Its color varies from a rich, lustrous golden brown to nearly black. The eyes, perfectly round, are scattered about in some burls like the figure in bird's-eye maple; in others they are grouped as islands. An exquisite wood, today it is used for inlays, small boxes, turnery, and precious objects.
The burls are as beautiful as they are fragrant and the Greeks and Romans vied with each other over furniture made from them. Thuya trees, along with cedars and oaks, once covered the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco, but because of over cutting, large areas have been treeless for hundreds of years.
Thuya Burl is an exotic wood that the Greeks named thuya, meaning sacrifice, because they used an oil distilled from it as incense in their religious ceremonies. Some churches still use it and as sandarac oil it is valued for medicinal uses.
~Common Name(s): Thuya (burl)
~Scientific Name: Tetraclinis articulata
~Distribution: Atlas mountain region (primarily Morocco, as well as subpopulations in Malta and southern Spain)
~Tree Size: 20-50 ft (6-15 m) tall, 1-2 ft (.3-.6 m) trunk diameter
~Average Dried Weight: 42 lbs/ft3 (680 kg/m3)
~Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .56, .68
~Janka Hardness: 1,160 lbf (5,140 N)
~Modulus of Rupture: 13,600 lbf/in2 (93.8 MPa)*
~Elastic Modulus: 1,800,000 lbf/in2 (12.41 GPa)*
~Crushing Strength: 7,750 lbf/in2 (53.4 MPa)*
~Rot Resistance: Rated as durable; good insect/borer resistance.
~Workability: Like most other burls, Thuya burl can be difficult to work, and care must be taken to avoid tearout. Most shaping/planing operations will result in torn grain, and should be performed by hand with very sharp tools. Sands and finishes well.
~Odor: Thuya has a very distinct, cedar-like smell.
~*estimated values based on strength group found in African Timbers; for unfigured wood
Shrinkage: Radial: 4.5%, Tangential: 5.1%,
Longitudinal: 3.3%, Volumetric: 12.9%, T/R Ratio: 1.1**
(shrinkage values are for burl wood)
*Dimensions are approximate, within 1/4"*
****Actual wood blank may vary from picture shown as all pieces are unique due to it being a natural product****
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Due to different monitors and light effect, the actual color of the item might be slightly different from the color shown on the pictures.
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