Benjaminite

Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂

Benjaminite is a rare bismuth sulphosalt usually identified through analysis of ore samples.

Selected Australian Occurrences:

• Recorded in a molybdenite pipe at the A.W. Mine, Bolivia, New South Wales.
• As a partial replacement of tetrahedrite at the Almanda Mine, Cherry Gardens, South Australia (noted as possibly pavonite OR benjaminite).