A silver halide emulsion chemically sensitized by a compound of formula (1), (6-1), (6-2) or (7); and a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material containing the silver halide emulsion: TABLE-US-00001 Formula (1) E.sup.1-Ch-E.sup.2 Formula (6-1) W.sup.1 . . . AuX.sup.2.sub.m Formula (6-2) [W.sup.1 . . . Au . . . W.sup.2]X.sup.2.sub.m Formula (7) E.sup.5-Ch-Au . . . (L.sup.2).sub.1 wherein Ch is a sulfur, selenium or tellurium atom; E.sup.1, E.sup.2, and E.sup.5 each are, for example, a specific methylene group having a substituent; Au is a monovalent or trivalent gold ion; W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 each are a specific chalcogen compound; X.sup.2 is a monovalent anion; m is 1, 2 or 3; L.sup.2 is a compound that can coordinate with gold through a nitrogen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or phosphorous atom; and l is 0, 1, 2 or 3.