The stone library
Ebony
Near-black timber with a satin surface and a faint grain.
Facts
- Family
- Wood
- Origin
- West Africa · Indonesia
- Hardness (Mohs)
- wood · very dense
What tradition holds
The wood of long offices and long tenures.
Associations recorded here are cultural and historical. They are offered as meaning, not as promises.
Care
Keep dry; buff with a cloth. Sinks in water, like a stone.
