No, it wasn’t. Meteoritic iron was the main source for a long while; bronze is more complicated to make, but can be made at much lower temperatures. The fact is, there’s no clean break anyway — the breakdown into stone/copper/bronze/iron ages is a 19th century just-so story.
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I read at one time that the reason the moslems worship a the black stone of Kaaba —reportedly a meteorite— is because they likely used meteorites to make the famous hard flexible saracen swords. These meteorites were made of iron plus several trace metals that gave them their hardness and flexibility. That that art of making those swords was lost. That the closest modern equivalent is stainless steel.
Today the clasp that holds black stone is made of american made stainless steel.
Is there any truth to this in your opinion?
The temple complex at Mecca not surprisingly used to be a lot different. Although attributed to Abraham, the only way that makes sense is if the events of part of Abraham’s life took place around there. The big stone cube that is covered with cloth during the Hajj used to be the base for a large, buddha-like statue of some deity; there was a staircase built in near one corner for access to the top; a number of other statues of deities stood around the area. All of that has vanished due to the whole thing having been taken over by the Big Ol’ Mo for his new cult. The name of El is found in the OT, and in the archive of Ugarit (”El laughs with his whole heart and snaps his fingers”) but the bloodthirsty critter now called Allah is entirely a perverted invention of Mohammed, with just a few superficial details plagiarized from older sources.
The black stone in the Kaaba is generally said to have fallen from the sky, which is possible, but one wonders whether that’s actually been established scientifically (wild guess is, no), and if so, why that particular stone was singled out remains mysterious.