In Hawaii they handle the problem by cursing the rocks if removed.
Go to the heliport in Volcanoes National Park (I think — we stopped there on our helo tour of the volcanoes) — they have a whole museum of rocks that have been returned with letters attesting to the terrible things that happened to people who took them.
(cue “Brady Bunch cursed icon” music)
There’s a similar display at the visitors center in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
that doesn’t always work. everything has been coming up roses for me, and i guess i was cursed in 2007. but it was just a pebble.
No, "Madam Pele," goddess of the volcano curses the cooled, hardened lava if you remove it from "The big island." My uncle taught us that, he worked at the observatory most of his adult life.
This has been verified by the Post Office, as they return many lava rocks from "the Mainland" every year.