Chapter 380: Clearing Some Collections (2/2)
”We still need to do further testing,” Barth said, ”but froood”
”What can you tell from the appearance?” Li Du inquired
Antonio started explaining, ”These logs belong to different species of ht know that there are 33 species ofappearances Take this, for exa as he said, ”this looks to be red sandalwood, a very precious species”
”I’ve been learningto what I know, this seems to be similar to the African coralwood”
Antonio sht have soe on it, you lack the necessary experience Red sandalwood is originally red, and the color eventually darkens Compared to African coralwood, red sandalwood has clear lines and an oily surface
”African coralwood is a coht shi+ne and the fibers are coarse There are many ox-hair patterns, and they look terrible
”One interesting fact is that red sandalwood is a type of ”living” wood The other types of rosewood are all ”dead” wood”
As Antonio explained, Barth went to work
He received pers He then cut them into even smaller pieces and treated theents He put them under a microscope and tested the is such a complicated chore?” Hans exclaihed ”It can take up to six hours to do this”
”Everyone was lacking knowledge on any When ere in Holbrook, sos,” Hans said to Li Du
Some treasure hunters had called their friends and described what the wood looked like to them, while some took photos to show their friends So that they could identify what kind of any the furniture was over the phone
Apparently, all those methods were crude and ineffective
The any was red sandalwood The two first focused on identifying the violetish-red wood
Barth brought out a piece of blank paper He extracted a fragment of wood and scratched it on the paper He made dozens of lines, all with a violet-red trace From the first one to the last one, the lines remained constant
”You can’t discern even froenious the currenta anatecertain woods in it, they could replicate this”
As he spoke, he dipped solass cup full of clear water ”We have to wait for soht
”There shouldn’t be a problem,” Antonio said as he raised his head up from the microscope
Li Du went to the nified fibers of the wood
He couldn’t tell anything from it, but to Antonio and Barth, ere in contact ood on a daily basis, a load of information could be drawn from the microscope
Antonio was sos He told Li Du, ”This has 30xout inforany Of course, other methods will still have to be combined with this Would you like to kno?”