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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2845715, member: 8267"]That type of grain is not characteristic of bone. I would suspect bamboo. Can you see any pattern on the ends under magnification? Bamboo will show a dense assemblage of pores.</p><p>Here is some bamboo flooring:</p><p><img src="http://www.znsjplywood.com/d/pic/case/20.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And a piece of turned giant bamboo:</p><p><img src="https://www.wood-database.com/wp-content/uploads/giant-bamboo-turned.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.wood-database.com/bamboo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wood-database.com/bamboo/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wood-database.com/bamboo/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 2845715, member: 8267"]That type of grain is not characteristic of bone. I would suspect bamboo. Can you see any pattern on the ends under magnification? Bamboo will show a dense assemblage of pores. Here is some bamboo flooring: [IMG]http://www.znsjplywood.com/d/pic/case/20.png[/IMG] And a piece of turned giant bamboo: [IMG]https://www.wood-database.com/wp-content/uploads/giant-bamboo-turned.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.wood-database.com/bamboo/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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