Zebrawood (H) (Microberlinia brazzavillensis) aka Zebrano, Zingana. From Western Africa, Gabon and Cameroon Republic. Light golden-yellow with narrow veining or streaks of dark to almost black, giving the quartered surface a zebra-stripe appearance. Although the wood works rather easily with hand and power machines it is best finished by hand or belt/random orbit sander as tear out is common with machines. Specific gravity .74
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