Meteorite or Meteor-wrong?

Steve in PA

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I found this yesterday in a plowed field in SW Pennsylvania. I was on my way to check out a section of the field when I got a signal on my metal detector and realized the signal was from this rock. When I picked it up, it was unusually heavy so I figured I better take it home and check it out. The thing that concerns me is there are a few voids on the surface indicative a slag, but this doesn't look like any slag I've ever seen and I don't know what it would be doing in rural farmland. This field also has petrified wood scattered throughout.

Here are some pictures from all angles.

With tape measure and magnet stuck to it:
Top with Magnet.jpg

Two of the four sides:
Meteorite  - 1.jpg Meteorite - 2.jpg

The other two sides:
Meteorite - 3.jpg Meteorite - 4.jpg

The two ends:
Meteorite End - 1.jpg Meteorite End - 2.jpg

Petrified Wood from the same field:
Pet Wood - all.jpg
 

Not a meteorite. Could be Basalt.:occasion14:
 

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