This is the end view of a slab of Yew just after I chopped of about 300mm
The fissure in the middle ran through the whole bit I cut off getting progressively worse. It disappears a few inches down this piece so it is just one piece of wood.
Trouble, or joy, is that each side of the fissure has its own set of growth rings....... I wish I had taken a pic before I cut it, it was much more obvious in the bit I cut off but that has been cut in half now
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Maybe its common but I haven't seen it before.
<edit - forgot the pic
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