Lava Rock Return to Hawaii

It is an old legend that taking lava rocks from Hawaii results in being followed by bad luck. Lava rocks that have wrongfully been taken from Hawaii should be returned by the person who took it. If you can't bring them back in person and you would like to mail lava rock back to Hawaii you can mail them to us. Aloha!

Comment of the Day: "After seeing a story on the CBS show "Sunday Morning", I knew I had to return a lava rock and black sand which was taken in 1977 while on a visit to the Big Island via a Navy ship on a dependent's cruise. I never in my wildest dreams ever associated so much bad luck with the items we took from Madame Pele. I am returning them tomorrow along with a donation for your assistance in this matter. Your ceremony sounds so lovely and is much nicer than being thrown in a pile behind the Visitor Center. Thank you so much!!!! Joyce, Jacksonville Beach, Florida".....

Once we receive the returned lava rocks we will carefully wrap them in a leaf of the "Ti-Plant" which is commonly associated with "Good Luck". Your lava rock(s) will be returned at a special location in Volcano close to the home of Pele, the Hawaiian Fire Goddess and Creator of Lava. The lava rocks will be returned to Pele along with an offering of orchids to ask for her forgiveness.

For taking care of returning your lava rock, a voluntary donation of $15.00 (or whatever you can afford, no matter how small) would be appreciated, to cover our cost for transportation, gas, ti leaf, and orchid, to return your lava rocks. If you can't afford to make a donation, don't worry about it...you may still send us your lava rocks. We will still be happy to take care of returning them for you!

Of course, you could just send the lava rocks back to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park direct, but as far as we have been told, their general practice is to just throw them out onto a big pile right behind the Visitor Center. We believe the return of your lava rocks and your "good luck" deserve more respect and attention than that, and that is why we would like to help you and offer you our service as an appropriate alternative.

Mail your lava rocks to:
Rainbow Moon
Attn: Lava Rock Return
P.O. Box 699, Volcano, HI 96785

Additionally we will frequently post new lava rock stories sent to us on this website. This will over time, build an interesting library of lava rock stories.

If you would like to know when your lava rock has been received back to Hawaii we recommend that you send your lava rock with United States Postal Service and a Delivery Confirmation receipt Request ( costs 45 cents extra ). This way you can check on-line with the Postal Service and know exactly when your lava rock has reached home.

If you request it, we will also notify you by e-mail when your lava rock has been received. In the meantime, we welcome any stories that you would like to share in regards to the impact of lava rock taken or returned to the islands.

Aloha!
Rainbow Moon

.... Dear Rainbow, Thank you for returning the green sand to Green Sand Beach and since you did so, it appears good fortunes are on the horizon. TGSMW"....