{"id":3725,"date":"2022-05-23T13:32:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2022-05-23T13:42:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:42:44","slug":"orange-agate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/orange-agate\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Agate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This piece of wood was sold to me as Orange Agate which I have come to discover is yet another name for Hormigo<\/a>, about which I have already written twice. This is not an uncommon naming situation with exotic imported woods where trade names are created with the goal of generating appeal among buyers rather than being consistent, or even accurate, in the naming process. Hormigo is also known as Macacauba, Macawood, and apparently also Granadillo. It may, or may not, be the case that different names are applied to different specific species within the Platymiscium<\/em> genus or to different grades and colorations of woods.<\/p>\n