Everything You Need To Know About Himalayan Salt Lamps

Are Himalayan Salt Lamps Any Good? 5 Ways You Can Be Certain

A salt lamp is simply a chunk of mined salt that has been hollowed out to allow room for a lightbulb or tiny candle. The light glows through the medium of the salt crystal, which can range in color from a dark salmon pink to a pale orange. Salt crystals for salt lamps are mined in Russia and central Europe as well as in the Himalayas. Salt lamps make attractive accent lights. Their main attraction, however, is that the heating of the salt causes the crystal to release negative ions (often called simply ‘ions’).

Ions — Positive and Negative

Ions, those atoms or molecules, can be either positive or negative because of their unbalanced construction. Instead of the electrons and neutrons in ions being equal, they exist in an unequal configuration.