abstract:Hanksite is a sulfate mineral, distinguished as one of only a handful that contain both carbonate and sulfate ion groups. It has the chemical formula: Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl.
Salinedeposits of salt lake consist of more than 10 saltminerals, but the glauber salt, glaserite, pgrotechnite, hanksite, natron, tronaand halite are mainlysalt minerals.