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THUYA
Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata (syn. Callitris quadrivalvis) of the family Cupressaceae
A very short tree from Western North Africa that apparently only has the root harvested, thus is available only in burl form.
My thanks to Paul van Rijckevorsel for this summary
web pics:
two burls that showed up on eBay. As I recall, the one on the left went for several humdred dollars, probably to become an absolutely stunning gunstock. Both of these are from the vendor that I use thoughout this site to show how badly wood can be misrepresented on the Internet, so I doubt the color.
two views of another burl, also from the vendor that badly misrepresents color
burl slab pairs (probably for knife handles)
knife handle scales
pen blanks
turning sticks
burls
burl slabs
turning sticks
bookmatched scales cut from burls
bookmatched sets cut from burls
burl veneer
matched pair of thin wood laid out for a guitar back
wood from the BogusColorVendor, so the colors are suspect
two burl slabs
both sides and a closeup of a thuya burl plank --- fairly rare; the burl pieces are usually sold as chunks so as not to waste any by cutting some off
slab and closeup
product web pics
3 bowls; bottom bowl is 7 inches in diameter
2.5" diameter "box" and 3" diameter "box"
hexagonal box
letter holder