Wood Identification. What is this?!!

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TheBeeBoyKid

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So, found this stuff in a reclamation yard. It’s very heavy, very dense, feels oily and when cut almost looks green for a couple of days. Anyone got any clue what it is?

I’ll try and put photos of all of the different coloured bits in, might help with identification.
 

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if I were guessing I would suggest greenheart. But, that is a guess rather than any form of knowledge.
 
I’ve also just put a coat of danish oil on it (after wiping down numerous times with white spirit to clear a little bit of the oil out). Looks like this:
 

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Australian Blackwood [Acacia melanoxylon];

Does this look about right?
 

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Australian Blackwood [Acacia melanoxylon];

Does this look about right?
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I saw a catalogue at school fifty + years ago from a timber importer (in Liverpool iirc) listing greenheart in baulks 80' x 2.6" x 2.6" - 24m x 760mm x 760mm approx for you mere youths.
So, looked up greenheart. It does look quite a bit like that, only thing that threw a bit of doubt was the wood database entry that said “no characteristic odour”. This stuff definitely has an odour. Smells quite strange, especially when cut.
 

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