Any Ideas on this Find?

[WBL2385]

Hello,

I suspect that this is a terrestrial ore rock, but I'd appreciate any advice from the experts. I live about 30 minutes north of St. Paul, MN, and our property was a farm field before the houses were built in 1976. To my knowledge, there should be no slag sources in this area. We also live on a hill that is full of rock (looks like river rock) and clay. While tilling the garden, this rock glimmered a little bit in the sun. There are no signs of gas bubbles, and it is worn smooth on one side and rough on another. The smooth sides are positioned in a way that is consistent with entering the atmosphere. IT is HIGHLY metallic and clings to a magnet, but doesn't seem to be magnetic itself. On the rough side, there are tiny sparkles when you shine a light in it. Probably wishful thinking on my part, but any advice is appreciated:

 

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[Rific]

I'm not seeing it...in the last picture, it looks to be broken with only the bottom right quarter being eldest. So, if the other 3/4 of rock were broken, I think you would see more regmaglypting and some remnant of fusion crust

 

[Kray Gelder]

I wouldn't count it out yet as a meteorite. You say it was not like the other rocks, out of place. That's good, but you have to grind off one of those corners and look inside. If it's metallic, then you have to polish it, etch it with an acid, to find the Widmanstatten pattern in the metal.

 

[vpnavy]

Hello...

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[ali1]

The first picture shows that it was a fossilized piece of wood millions of years ago

 

[Rocks A Lot]

Have to cut the old girl open and take a peek. Note I've found similar rocks that turned out to be mostly boron. Black coating, magnetic and showed widmanstatten pattern (meteowrongs)... It's just to hard to tell from image. You're going to want to see that olivine!!!