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2 unusual facts about greenheart


Lignum vitae

Greenheart was used to make the acclaimed Hardy's Greenheart fly fishing rods, by Hardy Brothers of Alnwick.

Sony Ericsson Naite

It is a relatively cheap candybar phone that is placed at the bottom of Sony Ericsson's Greenheart range.


Chlorocardium rodiei

The Fram and the Endurance, made famous in the polar expeditions of Amundsen and Shackleton, were the two strongest wooden ships ever constructed and were sheathed in greenheart to prevent them from being crushed by ice.

Georgetown Lighthouse, Guyana

British engineers constructed the present lighthouse, reinforcing the building by placing it on a foundation of 49 greenheart piles, making it durable nearly 200 years later.


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