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Six of the hardest woods on Earth, from 'Brazilian cherry' to the most protected rosewood there is 🪵 #60 through #55 of the 100 hardest woods.
#60 Jatoba, 2,690 lbf Janka. #59 Amazon rosewood, 2,700 lbf, so dense it usually sinks. #58 Macacauba (sometimes sold as granadillo), 2,700 lbf. #57 Burmese rosewood, 2,710 lbf, listed Critically Endangered. #56 Madagascar rosewood, 2,720 lbf, found only on Madagascar. #55 Brazilian rosewood, 2,790 lbf, on CITES Appendix I.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: mauroguanandi (CC BY 2.0); Forest and Kim Starr (CC BY 3.0 US); Scott Cranfill (CC BY 2.0); Kent County Council (CC BY 2.0); Arnold Dolmetsch Workshop (CC BY 4.0); Oxyman (CC BY 2.5); Philip Nalangan (CC BY 4.0); Ian Burt (CC BY 2.0). Armchair: Winterthur Museum, Wikimedia Commons (CC0). Veneer: U.S. National Archives (public domain). Ranat ek and 1857 Steinway grand piano: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0). Use-case photos show generic examples (species not identified). Other photos public domain / CC0.