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Some 30 years ago while tending his familys herds in a field near the city of Ciudad Real Mr Asensio Lopez came across a lump of iron weighing 100kg. Thinking it was military debris left from the Spanish Civil War, he took the heavy rock home and has used it ever since as a ham press. By chance he and his family watched a media report on TV about meteorite sightings in Spain and contacted geologist Juan Carlos Gutierrez Marco of the Geo-sciences Institute in Madrid to discover whether their find could in fact be a meteorite. Following scientific analysis it transpired that the specimen was a prehistoric metallic meteorite, either from an asteroid or comet.
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Meteorite used as ham press by Spanish farmer worth $5.3 million

A rock used by a Spanish farmer for more than 30 years to press ham has turned out to be an iron meteorite worth at least $5.3 million.
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Spanish man Faustino Asensio Lopez discovers 100kg rock used as ham press is meteorite

For over 30 years, the 100-kilogram rock on farmer Faustino Asensio Lopez's patio served its purpose as a ham press.
Due to its almighty weight, the Spanish farmer and his family used the rock as a weight in the ham-curing process, Spanish news agency EFE reports.
But it turns out the family have been sitting on a gold mine - their trusty rock has been identified as an iron meteorite with an estimated value of $5.3 million.
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