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bottom '14' in white color numbers Coromandel is a type of wood. This is perhaps best characterized as wood that is not real ebony. Like ebony, this wood is supplied by a number of tropical species from the genus Diospyros, but other species. The difference with ebony is mainly that coromandel is not pure black in color, but striped. In physical properties it can be compared to ebony: it is very hard and heavy, but can nevertheless be worked well (sawing, planing, drilling and polishing). It has a homogeneous structure, a short thread and almost does not splinter. After drying it has very little effect. Coromandel is one of the types of wood that is traded by the kilo. The reason for this is the preciousness of the material. It is best known for tourist carvings, from Indonesia
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