>>I don't see any charring...only staining/rust. << Wanting to expand a little here...assuming the tree was alive when struck, I don't think a small meteorite would carry enuf heat to cause any charring that would be noticed today. Being one who relies on a woodstove as their primary source of heat, I can attest that it's a real bear to get wet wood to even think about burning. If it was a dead tree, I still doubt there would be enuf heat in this small piece to cause anything to burn. If a small piece was hot enuf to cause any charring, I can only imagine how much heat would be in the larger pieces...were there any burnt trees in the strewnfield area? I can't tell from the photograph, but was this piece a fragment or an individual? George Zay
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