Mystery rock 2

[RelicPrime113]

Found this several years ago on the Great Island of Welfleet Cape Cod MA. I was beach combing near the edge of a sand dune where there were lots of cool rocks and found this. I took it because I liked the cool shape and thought it looked like a frog. It didn't take me until several years later to realize that magnets stick to it when i started getting interested in meteorites. Its heavy too, no holes and very smooth and dark surface with what looks like fingernail prints. No holes and a magnet sticks to it like crazy. I did the tile test and it left no mark. I also did the file test on the the edge of it and it came out very shinny. Any ideas what it could be? Slag, Meteorite, Iron ore? There was once a ship in the cape cod bay that was used for target practicing but i dont know if it was from that. I use to find pieces of the ship on the beach and they were all very rusty. If they came from it that was lol. But anyway weather its a meteorite or not, its still a cool rock in the form of a frog.

 

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[augoldminer]

I would say there is a chance just by seeing the marking on it.

The marking on it might be from weathering of the Widmanstätten patterns.

Widmanstätten pattern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your best bet in to have it cut in half long ways then acid treated.

 

[Charl]

It's not a meteorite. Would not have those types of clasts in it. It somewhat resembles Cumberlandite, found in Rhode Island and a common meteorwrong in these parts. But the glacier would not have dropped any on Cape Cod. Close resemblance, though. Definitely not a meteorite.

 

[RelicPrime113]

Thanks guys, I had a feeling it wasn't a meteorite but wasn't quite sure. So it could be Cumberlandite? Perhaps native Americans traded it, that area was really populated with them in the past. What ever it is, its an awesome rock and one im keeping in my collection.