Thanks for the tip. I was lucky. In my case, the chip was not damaged at all. I have a small vice station with rubberized grips. It was able to hold the thin edge of the fiber well enough to do the following:
I used a thin, sharp wood chisel and hammer placing the sharp edge of the chisel in between where the metal meets the fiber. It takes a few gentle taps to get enough of a space all around the top edges. Then I flipped the chip around to the other side and repeated the process. When I had enough room, like the width of a finger nail, I gave it a good whack and CLING! The metal fell to the floor, the cpu and pins were undamaged.
But now I need to find out the metal, metal alloy, the coating... etc.
Any chemists out there? Its non-magnetic, has a silvery coating (so it could be silver or nickel), and a copper-like color in a scratch test. Its solid and feels like its hard to bend. Brass is sturdier than copper. But the color looks like its not an alloy.
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