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Aguilarite

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Aguilarite

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Locality: 
Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Very well formed crystals of aguilarite from the type locality. Aguilarite is a silver -selenium sulphide of formula Ag4SeS that rarely occurs in crystals. The contract with the white quartz matrix is outstanding. Very hard to obtain species nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aguilarite

Formula: 
Ag4SeS
Strunz: 
2.BA.55
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
San Carlos Mine, La Luz, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

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