Batu Satam craft of stone Meteor Khas Belitung Island (Belitong)

A large Meteor stone or more than the earth, known by experts Armageddon Astronomy setelit detected from space to earth with a cruise speed which is very unusual, it is estimated meteor rock in a few months and then will hit and destroy the earth and seisinya the astronomy of the space to gather to save the earth from destruction, the stone meteor is destroyed only with nuclear bombs to embed in a layer of stones falling, and the astronauts to make a rocket mission, kemilauan Lights visible from earth and stone meteor is split into two, sepihanya stone meteor strike destroy the earth buildings in various countries terselamatkan However the earth's impact dasyat. The text above is a scene from Hollywood movies, the Armageddon

However, on the island of Belitung serpihan stone Meteor from the sky is the charm of the stone itself as a unique decoration for a pair of gold, such as necklaces, ear stud, a ring brooch, stick command and rosary jewelry pengerajin by the better known by the term of Satam, one pengerajin He is the Word which is called the Word Satam man who was born in Belitung island living in this village Pangkalalang Tanjungpandan has menekuni this business for 19 years and have carried the name of Belitung islands, known in National and International via various exhibitions both within the country or abroad, various awards diterimahnya has been one of them is the award image of Asean Development Award 2007-2008, the program anugrahi by Asean Consultant India Consortium. And the word is not always pass each event akbar anniversary of Jakarta International Exfo namely Jakarta, albeit without the support of the local government district Belitung. As a campaign souvenir satam, as this time in Jakarta Fair 2008 Firman represent Belitung Regency in Bangka Belitung Province stand according to the Word so the visitors are very enthusiastic to buy or just see a craft satam the various forms, Sovenir satam says that the selling price of 100 thousand to one million, but many dipasaran also satam in the sale of fake people who are not responsible for the benefit, to find out satam original letakan palm over satam akan then feel the energy field.

Soevenir Satam this may be the only world that is coming from the island of Belitung, although there is not easy to get on the island of Belitung satam to be kerajianan, usually the pengerajin get satam Stone penambang lead from the land, they found this satam chance of of the earth to the depth of 50 meters, the pipe terbawah by the water pump penghisap akan kesakan directed at the place to separate the sand and lead. Term satam taken by the language of the descendants of the china is in the island of Belitung SA which means sand while TAM means bile. So satam mean bile sand while indigenous people themselves interpret satam Belitung is a black stone. However, a description of the book de Ontwikkeling van het Eiland Bilitton, Van De Billiton maatschappij door JC essay published mollema S graven Maartinus Nijhoff 1922. berkebangsaan a Dutch named Ir.N Wing Eston Amesterdam Netherlands Academy of menamain meteor rocks with this term which means Billitonite Belitung islands of stone, this stone come from outside the spacecraft exploded several thousand years ago and sepihan-sepihan small glass particles berkilauwan like falling rain kebumi spread to several areas such as Java near Solo, Arabia, Australia, Czech ago buried in the surface water to carve these stones form outline form outline-carving-carved natural beautiful, sedangakan black color of the stones came from mixing oxygen carbon mangan and substances not found although there is more rocks didaerah other than to Belitung Island in a variety of kerajianan jewelry.

Stone satam also in the community have trusted Belitung magical power as a prophylactic repellent and toxic elements of supernatural beings-jin form, for this may be to believe or not, but some tourists who visit this island always want to buy Souvenir menyempatkan themselves as typical cendramata Belitung Island