
General Information:

Chemical Formula:
Ag4SeS

Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 542.50 gm)
Silver 79.53 %
AgSelenium 14.55 %
SeSulfur 5.91 %
S 
Empirical Formula:
Ag4SeS

Environment:
Low temperature silver mineral in deposits rich in selenium.

Locality:
TL: Mexico, Guanajuato, San Carlos mine.

Name Origin:
Named for Ponciano Aguilar (1853-1935), superintendent of the San Calos mine, Guanajuato, where the mineral was found.
Physical Properties:

Cleavage:
None

Color:
gray, iron gray, or black.

Density:
7.4 - 7.56, Average = 7.48

Diaphaniety:
Opaque

Habits:
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses., ,

Hardness:
2-3 - Gypsum-Calcite

Luminescence:
Non-fluorescent.

Luster:
Adamantine - Metallic

Streak:
grayish black
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