Wood Identification

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bjbear76

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I need help identifying a wood I turned this week.

From the outside appearance, I guessed it would be black to dark brown when turned. As I found out, it has a beautiful grain to it. It turned quite easily and had a very pronounced aroma. The blank is one I've had awhile and wasn't labeled.

Any ideas?
 

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carlmorrell

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Some sort of rosewood (i.e. genus dalbergia). East Indian (dalbergia latifolia), or kingwood (dalbergia cearensis)
 

bjbear76

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definitely not cocobolo (my eyes and sinuses would have thrown a flag)
I don't think it's kingwood
I tend to agree with maybe a rosewood. I've turned East Asia but not East Indian rosewood to my knowledge. This is not as deep a red as the East Asia rosewood I've turned in the past and not quite as "oily." It is more orange than red.
 

rudya7

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If it has a pronounced aroma, and the stripes resemble black and a deep red/yellow, almost gold color, it could be Bocote.
 
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