Shilajit , mumijo, brag-zhun among many other names it is called by the countries around Himalayan mountain range. Most interesting are the synonyms it's known as, conqueror of mountains, sweat of mountains, juice of rocks, blood of the mountains, essence of the mountains, mountain balsam, mountain blood, sweat of the mountains and mountain tears. The word shilajit means ‘destroyer of weakness’ in Sanskrit. 

According to researchers and the ancient writings, the origin of shilajit is mainly vegetative, although solid scientific evidence remains incomplete (Agarwal, Khanna et al. 2007). It has been hypothesized that shilajit is formed by the degradation of plant material from the species such as Trifolium repens, Euphorbia royleana, Fissidens, Barbula, Thuidium, Minium, Asterella, Marchantia, Dumortiera, Plagiochasma, Pellia, and/or Stephenrencella- Anthoceros (Agarwal, Khanna et al. 2007, Einhorn 2011, Carrasco-Gallardo, Guzman et al. 2012). 

Shilajit is a light to darkish brown natural occurring mineral which oozes out in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet and all other countries surrounding Himalayas. Shilajit can also be found in other parts of the world too, but in a smaller quantity. It's located at high altitudes between 1000 to 5000 metre (above sea level) mainly in summer.

Early research on the chemical nature of shilajit in the 1980s has shown that approximately 60~80% of its composition is humus, as well as several other organic ingredients (Agarwal, Khanna et al. 2007, Yin, Yang et al. 2011). The most important ingredients identified in shilajit are believed to be humic acid, fulvic acid, dibenzo-alpha-pyrones, uronic acids, eldagic acid, gums, ichthyol, triterpenes, latex, resin, albuminoids, ellagic acid, albumins, fatty acids, benzoic acid, vegetable matter, vitamins, silica, sterols, phenolic lipids, hippuric acid, 3,4- benzocoumarins, sterol, aromatic carboxylic acid, triterpenes, phenolic lipids, and amino acids (Agarwal, Khanna et al. 2007, Kennel and Drake 2009, Miki and Masaki 2009, 2010, Meena, Pandey et al. 2010, Arboleya, Alperi et al. 2011, Atik 2011, Carrasco-Gallardo, Guzman et al. 2012, Gaikwad, Panat et al. 2012, Kharazmi, Persson et al. 2012, Takeuchi and Amagase 2012). In addition, shilajit can contain more than 84 minerals such as silver, copper, lead, iron, and zinc (Meena, Pandey et al. 2010, Arboleya, Alperi et al. 2011). 

Purified shilajit comes in two different forms, a gooey tar like substance or hard crystallised form. As such, any other forms such as powder or tablets are diluted with something else, magma energy Shilajit droplets are mixed with purified water.