Pink ivory fluorescence

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Set up under black light to see if the chunk in the middle was old pink ivory, thought the pics were interesting enough to share...

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Hey Brian, I stumbled onto this post looking for another old one, does Pink Ivory fluoresce?
 

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Yes, absolutely. In my experience, it ranges from a hot orange to a sort of murky greeny orange. Here's a pic of a few little blanks. Sorry about pic quality- I am sitting on a tub of dog food in a closet!

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That is pretty interesting I didn’t know that. I might tear that weird sample of pink ivory to see if it really es the real deal
 

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I had some pink wood, that I asked for ID help here;
I sent a piece to Arn to look at cause he ahas lots of experience with pink ivory. His conclusion was that it was not pink ivory, maybe Peroba Rosa . I just put a black lite to it and it fluoresces slightly, not as much as Brian's appears to. Who knows, maybe Peroba Rosa can fluoresce too:unknown:
 
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I had some pink wood, that I asked for ID help here;
I sent a piece to Arn to look at cause he ahs lots of experience with pink ivory. His conclusion was that it was not pink ivory, maybe rosa permando . I just put a black lite to it and it fluoresces slightly, not as much as Brian's appears to. Who knows, maybe rosa permandu can fluoresce too:unknown:
Hey Barry, post a photo of it if possible- bringing this topic back up is a great idea :good2:as it should benefit us members here from looking at it at a different perspective, as an alternative method to id wood based on absenteeism or existence of fluorescence characteristics.
 

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In use, pink ivory will burn easy on a belt sander - it heats up fast bc of density. And the burns often go more than surface deep - I always use a new belt and give it a rest, because you can lose color quick. Also has a distinctive smell when this happens - hard to describe, but kind of resinous/plastic to me. It has tap tone (unless the piece is cracked, which a lot are) but nowhere close to a rosewood. And when you work it, it kind of shatters - if you use a dull blade, it'll splinter out on you. Finally, when you sand it, it'll take a polish. Not to the same degree as diw, but similar in that it really comes clear and pops in the high grits / buffing.

Don't know if those help for your ID, but that's how I think about it.
 

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In use, pink ivory will burn easy on a belt sander - it heats up fast bc of density. And the burns often go more than surface deep - I always use a new belt and give it a rest, because you can lose color quick. Also has a distinctive smell when this happens - hard to describe, but kind of resinous/plastic to me. It has tap tone (unless the piece is cracked, which a lot are) but nowhere close to a rosewood. And when you work it, it kind of shatters - if you use a dull blade, it'll splinter out on you. Finally, when you sand it, it'll take a polish. Not to the same degree as diw, but similar in that it really comes clear and pops in the high grits / buffing.

Don't know if those help for your ID, but that's how I think about it.
Thanks for the insights Brian, I cant really detect any smell at all from the wood I have, and it is not chippy either, and never noticed any burning, so looks like it is becoming less likely all the time that it is Pink Ivory...
 
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