Question by Sara J: What is the fastest way to grow crystals?
Please tell me what I need to do (materials, instructions) to grow crystals but only in two days. Is this possible? Please help, its really important! 🙂
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Answer by pisgahchemist
By their very nature, it takes time to grow crystals. In fact the crystals that nature grows (quartz, calcite, barite, gypsum, etc) take thousands to millions of years to grow. In addition, the size of the crystals depends on the time they grow. Larger, single crystals take a long time to grow. Good luck.
You might get some help here:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/growingcrystals/Growing_Crystals.htm
And in particular:
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/growingcrystals/a/aa012604.htm
These may be your best bet for a short amount of time:
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/growing_crystals_recipes.htm
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I’m not really sure. I know you can buy kits to grow crystals although I’ve never tried them so I don’t know how they work. If you want to grow proper crystals i.e amethyst etc then ‘m not sure you can they normally take millions of years to grow.
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if you want a uick and easy way with salt then follow this :http://chemistry.about.com/od/crystalrecipes/a/saltcrystalring.htm
if you have alum follow this:http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/alumcrystal.htm
or this:http://chemistry.about.com/od/crystalrecipes/a/glow-in-the-dark-alum-crystals.htm
if you have epsom salt, then follow this:http://chemistry.about.com/od/growingcrystals/ht/epsomcrystal.htm
or this:http://chemistry.about.com/od/crystalrecipes/ht/cupofcrystals.htm
hope this was helpful