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  1. 29th February 2016, 10:18 AM #1
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    Default Identifying burl species?

    Is it even possible to identify the species of a burl? I posted a photo of some pen blanks I cut from a burl and have been asked what type it is. The burl I bought off a guy at the Maleny Wood Expo last year. He was selling burl by the kilo and had a monstrous pile of burls. So it was really, luck of the draw. I don't know where he got them but he is from somewhere just north of Brisbane so I'd say it would be from a common QLD species. Any ideas?P_20160228_171534.jpg
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  3. 1st March 2016, 06:56 PM #2
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    mulga. because any one guess is as good as another.
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    Just looks like Brown Mallee. Just because it was purchased at Melany doesn't mean the timber is from Qld
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    Yellowbox?
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  6. 8th March 2016, 01:12 AM #5
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    Methinks York Gum Burl, I am quite sure of this
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    Quote Originally Posted by iolithblue View Post
    mulga. because any one guess is as good as another.
    I've never seen a burl on Mulga or any of the central western Qld Acacias.

    If there ever was one, I'd expect it to be much darker than that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    I've never seen a burl on Mulga
    I have, but not telling you where, still want to go back and get it . Agreed unlikely Mulga though
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  9. 31st March 2016, 12:18 PM #8
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    A bit late on this thread but I'm going to through in Black Locust Robusta psudoacacia Not sure on the spelling.
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    just a guess but mapleman on this forum sounds like the man to talk to.
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  11. 21st April 2016, 07:04 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Willy Nelson View Post
    Methinks York Gum Burl, I am quite sure of this
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    I am with you on this one Willy ... although you must admit a few WA & SA mallee burls also look very similar.
    Its a euc for sure I'd say.

    Identifying Burls (by colour alone) are very hard even to the very experienced eye.

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  12. 21st April 2016, 11:17 PM #11
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    My vote for brown mallee. Def. not acacia species like mulga.
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