Himalayan Salt Lamp: A salt lamp consists of a large salt crystal, often colored, and lit with an incandescent light bulb, LED, or candle inside. Salt lamps (Himalayan Pink Salt) are essentially large pieces of pure Himalayan Salt with a small bulb inside. They can be solid pieces of salt decorative baskets filled with large crystals of salt. They offer a nice warm glow when lit and quite beneficial for indoor air quality. Himalayan salt lamps are made from pure, food grade, Himalayan salt crystals and can even be powdered to use as salt in recipes if needed. These beautiful lamps have gained massive popularity recently and there are many benefits attributed to them. Salt lamps make attractive accent lights. Their main attraction, however, is that the heating of the salt causes the crystal to release negative ions. Negative ions have long been considered healthy;( the sea air, mountain air and the air around swiftly running water is high in negative ions. Indoor air, recirculated air, and air around electronic equipment is very low in negative ions.)