hanksiteMin.|ˈhæŋksaɪt| [Named in 1885 after H. G. Hanks, mineralogist, California: see -ite.] Sulphate and carbonate of sodium, found in hexagonal prisms of white or yellowish colour. 1885Amer.Jrnl.Sc.Ser. iii. XXX. 133 Hanksite, a new anhydrous sulphato-carbonate of sodium.