NWTreeOctopus

Hey thanks for taking time to help me out! So I was able to chip a small piece off and put it under the brightest light I had and I see no hints of green. I took a look at it under a cheap handheld microscope and the only colors I can see beyond the brassy discoloration are the off white flecks and shiny black surface, almost metallic/iridescent looking. The brassy color goes from a rusty translucent film where it's thin to a pewter like luster where its thicker. But those are the only colors I see. I talked to my dad and got some more specifics about where he found it. He said it was along a creek in the bottom of a ravine that used to be a riverbed for glacial waters. Lots of shale bedrock, sand, clay...sandstone further south. Also a large salt mine a few miles away on the lake. If I wanted to get it tested, should I look for someone local or is it something I should take to the google and send it off somewhere?

My dad found this rock years ago along a creek near Lake Erie. He was never able to figure out what kind of rock it was but I remember him telling all the kids that it was a magic meteorite with gold inside, but if we broke it open an evil leprechaun would get us. Still to this day, we haven't found anyone who could actually tell us what it might be made of. We did end up breaking it open to see if the inside could help with identifying it. Luckily there was no evil leprechaun. It feels heavy for its size and has an odd sort of textured shine on the outside. It doesn't attract a magnet at all. The "gold" he was referring to is are the couple of spots where it looks like something pooled then hardened.