unknown type of wood

[niwotwill]

I was given a foot locker full of many types of wood, but one is particularly unknown to me so does anyone have ideas of the type?

 

These are .5mm veneer 12" X 18" and there are 10- sheets. The image is approximately 2/3's of a sheet.

Any Ideas

 

Will

[Charter33]

Hi Will,

Lovely grain, very much like the figuring  - my guess is walnut, but not the grade usually found in model ship building. As a veneer there is a beautiful box crying out to be encased in this........ my fingers and creative juices are itching in anticipation, you are one lucky bunny to have this to play with - good luck!  (oh so jealous!)

 

Cheers,

 

Graham

[Roger Pellett]

Walnut, possibly burl.

[Tony Hunt]

If you were in Australia I would have suggested Camphor Laurel. If it is it would have a very distinctive smell.  Try lightly sanding a corner, quite a few woods (including walnut, I believe) have a diagnostic smell when cut.

[Bob Cleek]

Based on the picture alone, my wild guess would be spalted satin walnut.  https://www.wood-database.com/sweetgum/

 

Satin walnut is not a walnut at all, but liquidambar, or "sweetgum" in the US. (No relation to Australian "gums.") The spalting (a fungus) causes the black figuring. It's used in fine custom furniture and is an excellent modeling wood, though spalted stock is usually reserved for its appearance. The liquidambar or sweetgum tree is widely distributed in the US and often planted as an ornamental, although it has a nasty habit of horizontal root growth that destroys sidewalks. It's not commercially milled much, so you usually have to cut your own and mill it. It's often found in municipal woodpiles and tree services will sometimes have logs available.

 

https://www.wood-database.com/sweetgum/

 

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[Keith Black]

Whatever it is, it's beautiful! A coat of poly, put a frame around it, and hang it on the wall. One could look at that for hours and not tire of it. 

[reklein]

I looked at Sauers catalog for veneers. You may have either Zebrawood,my first choice,or Macassar ebony. Pretty stuff.

[stuglo]

by comparison, I was told these were (?true ) african walnut, but I stand to be corrected

[Tony Hunt]

The second and third images certainly look spalted to me.

[stuglo]

thank you for info