Please help identifying wood

[Don Rabchenuk]

I bought this last night from a widow of a turner and am looking for help identifying

 

[woodwzrd]

I'm sure there are others that are more qualified than I but to me that looks like some gorgeous Ziricote.

 

[egnald]

My first thought was Black Mesquite, but it seems pretty large for most of the mesquite I have seen. Some variety of Walnut perhaps or as Scott suggested, Ziricote. - Dave

PS I have found The Wood Database to be an excellent source for looking up the other characteristics when trying to identify unknown bits of wood.

 

[JohnU]

It looks like most of the Zircote I've ever bought.

 

[wimkluck]

It looks the same as my piece of zircote.

 

[PatrickR]

I don't recall seeing Ray flecks like that in ziricote

 

[sbwertz]

That"s Pretty Wood. I'm sure of it! With all the wood we are given, I'm an expert on Pretty Wood.

 

[PatrickR]

I don't recall seeing Ray flecks like that in ziricote

I'll quote myself here as after checking the wood database ziricote does have ray flecks on quarter sawn pieces.
IME ziricote looses a lot of its charm/uniqueness when turned round. This would be best used for flat work. Judging the apparent size the board has substantial value.

 

[jttheclockman]

This is definitely Zircote. I did not want to go through my entire wood stash but I know I have boards that look just like that. Here is a small sampling of one I had readily available.

 

[Don Rabchenuk]

Thank you to all who have given my an answer. I'll go with Zircote.