pretty much it is a black or black and gray stone that was discovered in Russia. dubbed the "stone of life."
used in medical uses since the mid 1700's . purifies water and more recently it was medically confirmed.

used to heal heart disease, allergies, skin diseases, genecology, arthritis, head aches, back aches.
Do NOT use in late stages of pregnancy,acute cardiovascular diseases, high degrees of stress, suffer from nervous and psychological disorders, acute hypertonia, acute chronic infectious diseases
Russian and Swiss scientists determined that it is a good shield against electromagnetic radiation.
peter the Great created one of the first healing spas using this mineral to purify the waters.
very protective as it wards off most negativity and can help against negative magics .

shungite has electric conductivity. so this helps us in identifying a fake one on the market. the method is to take a battery, a lamp and
two wires. If you connect a battery to a lamp or light and then touch a piece of shungite with wires, the lamp or light will flash

Shungite – natural mineralizer. Water is enriched by silicon, sodium, potassium, sulfur, microelements in the process of an ionic exchange. Water has the balanced mineral structure. Such water improves metabolism, tones up and influences curatively on organism. It is recommended to use shungite bioactivator for the water cleared by means of filters, since the filtered water is poor of minerals. Potable water should be not only pure, but also useful.
Antimicrobial effect. Researches have shown high antimicrobial effect concerning colon bacillus (Е.col) and epidermis staphylococcus (S. epidermidis). Even the water which has passed a careful filtration, in some hours becomes infected with microbes and requires additional treatment. Efficiency of antimicrobial property of shungite bacillus and aurococcus in an hour of insisting makes 99 %!