aguilarite
Sign in to saveAguilarite is an uncommon sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4SeS. It was described in 1891 and named for discoverer Ponciano Aguilar.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Aguilarite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfosalt minerals
- Mineral.image
- Aguilarite - San Carlos Mine, La Luz, Guanajuato, Mexico.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Aguilarite – San Carlos Mine, La Luz, Guanajuato municipality, Mexico. Specimen height is 3.9 cm.
- Mineral.formula
- Ag4SeS
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Agu
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.BA.55
- Mineral.dana
- 2.4.1.3
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/n
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 4.2478(2), b =6.9432(3) c = 8.0042(5) [Å] β = 100.103(2)° Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Bright lead-gray on fresh surfaces; dull iron-black on exposure to air.
- Mineral.cleavage
- None observed
- Mineral.fracture
- Hackly
- Mineral.tenacity
- Sectile
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5 1–1.5
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- Occurrence
- Chemistry and structure
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Aguilarite is an uncommon sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4SeS. It was described in 1891 and named for discoverer Ponciano Aguilar.
==Description== Aguilarite is bright lead-gray on fresh surfaces but becomes dull iron black when exposed to air. The mineral occurs with massive habit, as elongated pseudododecahedral crystals up to , or as intergrowths with acanthite or naumannite.
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