Striped ebony, also known as ebony, as the name suggests is striped ebony. Although it seems easy to distinguish, there are still some consumers who confuse striped ebony and ebony. Let's take a look at the differences between the two today.

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The national standard "Redwood" separates striped ebony from ebony and becomes a category independently. The striped ebony and ebony belong to the genus Diospyros of the Ebenaceae family. The difference between the two is the color of the wood: the heartwood of the ebony wood is dark, and the heartwood of the striped ebony wood is black or chestnut brown. There are light stripes. The texture of striped ebony is light stripes on black wood, rather than black stripes on light wood.

Striped ebony

Striped ebony

Classification of ebony

1, thick ebony

Loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. The heartwood is all black. The tube holes are slightly visible under the naked eye; most contain dark gum; the chord diameter is 102 μm maximum, with an average of 54 μm; the number is as little as slightly less, 3 to 8/mm 2 . The axial thin-walled tissue is rich, and the main concentric layer is thin-lined (mostly wide 1 cell), which is quite dense, and is not visible under the magnifying glass; Wood fiber wall thickness. The wood ray is invisible under the magnifying glass; the wave marks are not visible; the ray tissue is shaped differently. No aroma; fine structure; texture usually until slightly staggered; air dry density 1.05 g / CM3.

Thick ebony

2, wool ebony

Mainly produced in the Philippines

Structural features: loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. The heartwood is all black. The tube holes are slightly visible under the naked eye; most of them contain dark gum; the chord diameter is mostly 1 32-200 μm, with an average of 1 37 μm; the number is small, with an average of 3 to 4/mm2. The axial thin-walled tissue is rich, and the main concentric layer is thin-lined (mostly wide 1 cell), which is quite dense and visible under a magnifying glass; Wood fiber wall thickness. The wood ray is visible under the magnifying glass; the wave marks are not visible; the ray tissue is shaped differently. No aroma, fine structure, texture usually until slightly staggered; air dry density O.90 ~ O.97 g / CM3.

Hairy ebony

3, Ponce ebony

Mainly produced in the Philippines.

Structural features: loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. The heartwood is all black. The tube holes are slightly visible under the naked eye; most of them contain dark gum; the chord diameter is 100-200 μm, with an average of 1 33 μm; the number is small, with an average of 3 to 4/mm2. The axial thin-walled tissue is rich, and the main concentric layer is thin-lined (mostly wide 1 cell), which is quite dense and visible under a magnifying glass; Wood fiber wall thickness. The wood ray is visible under the magnifying glass; the wave marks are not visible; the ray tissue is shaped differently. No aroma; fine structure; texture is usually straight; air dry density 1.00 g / CM3.

Ponce ebony

Striped ebony classification

1. Sulawesi Ebony

Mainly produced in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Structural features: loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. Heartwood black or chestnut brown with black and chestnut brown stripes. The tube hole is obvious under the naked eye; it contains gum; the diameter of the chord is up to 179 μm, with an average of 118 μm; the number is slightly less, 5 to 17/mm 2 . The axial thin-walled tissue is rich, and the main concentric layer is thin-lined (1 to 2 cells wide, most 1 cell), quite dense, and few are seen under the magnifying glass; Wood fiber wall thickness. The wood ray is visible under the magnifying glass; the wave marks are not seen under the magnifying glass; the ray tissue is mainly shaped by a single column, and the two columns are rare. No aroma; fine structure; texture usually until slightly staggered; air dry density 1.09 g/cm3.

Further reading: Striped ebony of mahogany furniture

Sulawesi ebony

2, Philippine ebony

Mainly produced in the Philippines

Structural features: loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. Heartwood black, black or chestnut brown with black and chestnut brown stripes. The tube hole is visible under the magnifying glass and contains black or dark brown gum; the diameter of the chord is up to 182 μm, with an average of 98 μm; the number is very small, 2 to 8/mm 2 . The axial thin-walled structure is mainly concentric layered and thin-lined (mostly wide 1 cell), quite dense, not visible under the magnifying glass; the wave marks are not seen; the ray tissue is mainly shaped by a single column, and the two columns are rare. No aroma; fine structure; texture usually until slightly staggered; air dry density 0.78 ~ 1.09 g / cm3.

Philippine ebony

Although striped ebony and ebony have great similarities, there are still differences in nature, and more attention should be paid when purchasing.

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