Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of Pakistan. The salt, which often has a pinkish tint due to trace minerals, is primarily used as a food additive to replace refined table salt but it also has become popular in a variety of uses, from cooking to spa treatments. You can even buy lamps made from it. Salt crystal lamp, basket lamps, natural salt lamps, and Himalayan nightlights are the famous products made by Himalayan salt.
Himalayan salt is mined from the Salt Range mountains, the southern edge of a fold-and-thrust belt that underlies the Pothohar Plateau, south of the Himalayas in Pakistan.

Himalayan salt is a table salt. Analysis of a range of Khewra salt samples showed them to be between 96% and 99% sodium chloride, with varying amounts of trace minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, chromium, magnesium, and sulfate, all at safe levels below 1%.
Some salt crystals from this region have an off-white to transparent color, while the trace minerals in some veins of salt give it a pink, reddish, or beet-red color.
Pakistani pink salt distinguishes itself with the marble-like appearance and color, as well as the processing and production technology. In addition, people’s admiration towards the Himalayas adds to their appeal.