Lucy bee himalayan coarse salt is 100 natural and unrefined to retain all its natural properties and was once a precious commodity that was known as the 39king salt39 because it was only reserved for royalty lucy bee himalayan coarse salt has been sourced from the foothills of the himalayas and is mined from ancient pure crystal salt deposits formed through huge amounts of pressure over millions of years lucy bee himalayan coarse salt features great for cooking with 10