How long does take to grow salt crystals?

Answer 1

Their size is limited only by the conditions of the environment in which they form.

If you could control the pressure, temperature, and evaporation rate of a salt

solution over a large enough volume, you could grow them as big as you want ...

like "rock candy" crystals of sugar.

Answer 2

It would depend on the tensile strength and the shear force resistance of the material. Outside of a gravity field there would be little to stop it. Buried a thousand feet below Naica mountain in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico, the cave was discovered by two miners excavating a new tunnel for a commercial lead and silver mine. Known as Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) it contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals-translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet and softer than human nails. The crystals thrived in the cave's extremely rare and stable natural environment. Temperatures hovered consistently around a steamy 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius), and the cave was filled with mineral-rich water that drove the crystals' growth. However, if a human was exposed to the scorching temperatures of the cavern, it could kill him after just 15 minutes of exposure. The cave's deadly heat comes from the depths of the Earth. Naica sits on a set of fault lines. A magma chamber a mile-and-a-half down warms the water that flows throughout the mountain Modern-day mining operations exposed the natural wonder by pumping water out of the 30-by-90-foot cave, which was found in 2000 near the town of Delicias. Naica is one of the most productive lead mines in the world, and a huge supplier of the world's silver as well. Now the mining company has been asked to preserve the caves. "There is no other place on the planet," said geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz. "Where the mineral world reveals itself in such beauty. It's the Sistine Chapel of crystals." The story will appear in the November issue of the National Geographic Magazine. The stunning crystal pillars are made from the same common mineral as drywall, which is called gypsum. The largest crystal found at Naica is 500,000 years old.

Answer 3

it depends on how much heat and coldness and epsom salts you have to make them grow bigger

Answer 4

about three to four weeks for me just did the demonstration for my brother lol he was amused but I did it right I guess.

Answer 5

a sea salt crystal can keep growing. it does not have a maximum growth