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Yes, they come from the same mine in Pakistan. They process it into lamps, animal licks, rock salt, fine salt, etc from the same source.
Just clean the surface with a wet cloth to ensure there's no residual dust/debris and you can shave away. It probably won't yield even size grains, but you can use it for whatever you like.
it's more for a joke example though, much easier to just buy the salt.
That all being said, the ones from Pakistan are not usually coated in anything after raw production, so if its from an unknown source, you might want to check if the seller maybe added some spray on agent to protect the salt, although I really don't see any reason why they would do that.
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And don't buy any pink salt that says "made in India". That money essentially funds some PMLN crooks who thought it would be funny to kneecap Pakistan's agriculture export market by banning sales to any broker except themselves, of which they heavily undersell to India who then makes profit and shares it back only with them.EDIT: For everyone saying "not food grade", the only difference is that it wasn't quality tested for ingestion. That doesn't mean the salt isn't edible, it's just not tested for that purpose. The mined salt rocks are the same for everything, only difference is size to be sold to each factory. I checked and apparently some sellers do coat the lamps with a protective gel for shipping purposes, so you would want to wash that off first.
i had a friend whose salt lamp either dissolved or evaporated. she swears she never saw her cats lick it, but c'mon dude.