Hearne Hardwoods with over 120 species of domestic and exotic hardwoods in stock, is one of the largest specialty lumber yards in the world. We are a retailer of exotic wood up to 84" inches wide, figured wood, hardwood flooring and millwork services.

Origin of Wood Type:	Australia
Botanical Name:	Acacia melanoxylon
Specific Gravity:	.66
Avg. Weight Per BF (?):	4.00 lb/ bf
Color Range:	Gold- Red- Brown
Rarity / Availability: (?):	Readily Available, highley figured material can be rare!
Typical Avg. Width:	3" to 12", flitches can be found up to 36" inches wide
Typical Avg. Length:	4' to 12' feet, rarely up to 16'
Avg. Waste Factor (?):	30% to 50%
Wood Uses:	Fine Furniture, Cabinetry, Architecural Millwork, Guitar Building / Instrument making, Wood Turning, Wood Carving, Flooring, Gun Stocks and many other uses!
lumber Grades (?):	Common 1 & 2, Select and Better, FAS, Quarter-Sawn, Quarter-Sawn (Figured), Flitch, Figured (Heavy), Figured (Medium), Veneer
Other Trade Names:	Black Wattle, Australian Blackwood, Australian Koa, Black Acacia
Description:	With koa getting harder and harder to find Australian Blackwood is becoming a suitable substitute. I does not typically contain the reds and gold’s of koa but has a similar color to koa when it is in it’s brown range Member of the prized Acacia family. Grows all around the world but known best to grow in Tasmania Very rich color with great variation from log to log. Very versatile wood for projects ranging from musical instruments to fine furniture It can have very good figure ranging from birdseye to fiddleback curl figure. Figure appears best on the quarter and is widely used in musical instruments