The stone library
Sandalwood
Pale gold-brown timber that darkens with the hand; faint natural scent.
Facts
- Family
- Wood
- Origin
- India · Indonesia
- Hardness (Mohs)
- wood · dense
What tradition holds
Counted under the table for a thousand years; the stone that is not a stone.
Associations recorded here are cultural and historical. They are offered as meaning, not as promises.
Care
Never soak; wear it — skin oil is the finish.
