Possible meteorite (Chondrite???)

[Piscator]

Hello, and thanks for the add. I was referred by Bristol Mineral and Gem Club in Connecticut. I found this strange rock while on a hike in West Hartford, CT. It's roughly 3.5" x 3" x 2" and is VERY heavy for it's size. Of course I thought meteor, but it is not magnetic at all - not even a little. It is very smooth and black and brown which I thought were indications of scorching and oxidizing. Then I thought Lunar or Martian, but I just couldn't be that lucky. Please bring me back down to earth and help identify this rock. I read that some igneous rocks are not magnetic and have 3x the gravity of water. Thanks for your time and expertise in advance.

 

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[Jim in Idaho]

Testing for reaction to a magnet is good. Now you should do a specific gravity test. It's a nice specimen, whatever it is. I would also hang a neodymium magnet from a string, and slowly approach the rock with it.....or push the rock slowly toward the magnet. That's a more sensitive test for iron than just putting the magnet against the rock. Not saying that's what you did of course.
Jim