COMMON NAMES: Quebracho, brauna (Brazil)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY:
1
DENSITY: 75 lbs./cu.ft.
TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT: N/A
RADIAL MOVEMENT: N/A
VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE: N/A
DURABILITY:
Very durable
SOURCE:
Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, southern Brazil
DESCRIPTION:
Quebracho's heartwood is light red when first cut, darkening to a beautiful brick red after exposure, sometimes marked with dark brown almost black stripes. Fine textured and extremely hard. Difficult to work with hand tools. Rather poor in-use stability with a tendency to check. Very high tannin content.
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