page_title: Hanksite
hierarchical_section_title: Hanksite
caption_attribution_description: English: Hanksite Locality: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org) A fine example of an evaporite mineral that is uncommon on the market, dug with great labor from the clay of ancient lake beds. This is a perfect, doubly-terminated hexagonal crystal, attached to two smaller, ALSO doubly-terminated crystals. In the light, the large crystal is actually quite transparent! 5.9 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm Deutsch: Hanksit Fundort: Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Hanksite crystal from Searles Lake
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