Hi....

I picked up an small bowl blank recently of an unknown variety of South American wood. It was very dense and exceptionally heavy for its size. It turned like concrete. It has to contain a great deal of Silica as it took me three sharpenings of the bowl gouge to hollow out the simple bowl. I have included a photo of the finished bowl. Does anyone have a clue what it could be? The gentleman I bought the wood from thought it was from Peru...

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Dave
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