--Question: what wood is it? Seem to have a lot of it in the current
pile of firewood. Very pronounced smell when cutting on the bandsaw; looks a
little like aged, i.e. greying mahogany on the cut face. Very gnarly bark
like on an oak tree.

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Hi steamer

Steamer I don't know where you live but a pine wood or spruce is very
likely, turpentine is made from yellow pine, Balsam Fir also has a lot
of resin in it, the bleu/grey color would be blue stain or fungus, very
prevalent in softwoods, just an educated guess.

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Leo Van Der Loo

Goin' with Leo on this one. It could easily be a pine/fir/hemlock with
the gray. That only means exposure to the elements on those types of
trees.

We have some large pines here in Texas, and the bark on them in just
nasty. It is tough, and come off in hunks.

If your firewood was cut from a rotted tree, it almost assuredly
something like Leo said, especially with the wonderful turpentine/pitch
smell.

Robert