Veenite Mineral Data

General Veenite Information
Chemical Formula:	Pb2(Sb,As)2S5
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 776.08 gm
	Antimony 17.26 % Sb
	Arsenic 8.69 % As
	Lead 53.40 % Pb
	Sulfur 20.66 % S
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	100.00 %
Empirical Formula:	Pb₂Sb_1.1As_0.9S₅
Environment:	As small masses, stringers, and disseminated grains in marbles developed in a sequence of Precambrian metasediments near a contact with plutonic granitic gneiss.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1967
Locality:	Madoc, Ontario, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for R. W. Van der Veen (1883-1925), Dutch economic geologist and metallographer.
Name Pronunciation:	Veenite
Synonym:	IMA1966-016