Desert Ironwood from Griffin Exotic Wood

Griffin Exotic Wood

Desert Ironwood (Arizona & Mexico)
(olneya tesota)

Desert Ironwood grows predominantly in the deserts of Arizona and California, USA as well as Mexico. It is one of the hardest and densest woods in the world, with a specific gravity around 1.2 or more. The color may be like the picture above or any variation of light to very dark browns, with or without lighter areas. Burls have high figure. The logs are full of cracks and making a clean turning blank of any size requires removal of about 95% of the log. This is why it is usually sold in logs rather than clean turning blanks, since the material cost for clean turning blanks averages over 20 times the cost for logs. These trees are harvested legally from a reputable source in Arizona and now also from another reputable source in Mexico . The pieces we sell are completely air dried.

Grading system for ironwood:
A grade means that this is a completely clean turning blank with almost no cracks or checks. Tiny defects are allowed, but very uncommon.
B grade means that this is a good turning blank, but there will be some small fissures or checks. We try to glue these with cyanoacrylate glue for you.
C grade means that this is a cleaned up section of a log, but will have some cracks, gaps, and/or checks, and may be rough cut.


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A truly rare wood from the Arizona desert In stock occasionally.
Color is a very deep purple, almost black.

Actual pieces for sale shown. Order by number below:

Desert Ironwood piece 56, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 57, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 58, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 59, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 60, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 62, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 63, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 64, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 65, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 67, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 68, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 69, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 70, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 71, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 72, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 73, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 74, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 75, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 76, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 77, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 78, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 79, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 80, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 81, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 82, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 83, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 84, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 85, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 86, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 87, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 88, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 89, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 90, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 92, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 93, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 94, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 95, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 96, 1 x 1 x 6
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Desert Ironwood piece 97, 1 x 1 x 6
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Actual pieces shown, order by number below. Most figured side
showing.

Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 98
Price: $18.50
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 99
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 100
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 101
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 102
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 103
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 104
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 105
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Desert ironwood 1 x 1 x 6 with some figure, piece 106
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Actual pieces shown. Order by number below. Click the photo for another view of these. Most interesting sides showing.

Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 111
Price: $22.50
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 112
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 113
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 115
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 116
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 117
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 118
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 120
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 121
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 122
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 123
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 125
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 126
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 127
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 128
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 129
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 130
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 131
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 133
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 134
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 135
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 136
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 138
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 140
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 141
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 143
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 144
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 145
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Desert ironwood 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 , piece 146
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Actual pieces shown, outstanding quality. See another view of these
by clicking the photo.

Desert ironwood 2 x 2 x 10, piece 108
Price: $95.00
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Desert ironwood 2 x 2 x 10, piece 109
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Desert ironwood 2 x 2 x 10, piece 110 gg+
Price: $115.00
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Actual pieces shown. Click photo for another view of these.
Most interesting side showing.

Desert ironwood 2 x 5 x 5 bowl blank, piece 84 bowl
Price: $83.00
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Desert ironwood 2 x 5 x 5 bowl blank, piece 85 bowl
Price: $80.00
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Actual piece shown. Click photo to see other view of this piece

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