Gaboon or Macassar Ebony

[Dale Osowski]

I found this in with other scraps and I'm thinking it's Gaboon. What do you guys think? Not the best photos but hopefully good enough for an identification.

[Ken Andersen]

Gaboon heartwood is black while the sapwood is brown. Macassar, while dark, is not really black, just very dark brown. I think what you have is Gaboon (and sells for around $250/bd ft when I last bought some).

[John K Jordan]

Gaboon heartwood is black while the sapwood is brown. Macassar, while dark, is not really black, just very dark brown. I think what you have is Gaboon (and sells for around $250/bd ft when I last bought some).

I have a bunch of ebony and from the appearance I can believe it's Gaboon. Some of mine is jet black, some with streaks of brown.

I used to hunt for black now I prefer it with brown streaks. When jet black and with a gloss polish it looks too much like plastic. With some brown streaks it looks like wood.

JKJ

[Dale Osowski]

Thanks for the replies!