Amboyna burl colors?

[SabertoothBunny]

QUESTION.

Does amboyna burl come in black shades naturally? My understanding was that amboyna burl almost exclusively came in reds and golds. Anyone know?

 

[Mortalis]

Amboyna Burl colors

 

[JohnU]

I haven't seen it solid black but I have seen black lines and streaks throughout the red and golden areas.

 

[leehljp]

What JohnU said. If Amboyna were in black it would probably be hard to see the grains as well as those that make the reddish and gold colored ones look so great.

I lived in Japan for 26+ years (until 2011) and had access to a store chain that had many kinds of exotic wood including amboyna of different colors. I had friends in the Philippines that often brought me amboyna chunks (and I still have some), but I never heard of black amboyna.

 

[SabertoothBunny]

These don't look dyed and I'm told are from Indonesia. Once I get them in hand I can verify if they are dyed but they are classified as spalted amboyna burl and that is heavy staining if it is spalting.