Terpenes in aromatic cedar?
I cut some attractive slices out of a cedar that was being pruned, and stuck
them in a bag to dry slowly. (I assumed, correctly, that this wood was
unlikely to rot or be damaged by bugs on damp storage.) A couple of years
later, they were covered with a fur of beautiful needle-shaped crystals with
little smell or taste.
Any idea what these crystals might be?
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