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CHARLES T. PREWITT -- CURRICULUM VITAE
Place & Date of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky - March 3, 1933
Business Address: Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Washington
5251 Broad Branch Road, N.W.
Washington, DC 20015-1305
Business Telephone: 202-478-8940
Home Address: 2728 Unicorn Lane, N.W.
Washington, DC 20015
Marital Status: Married (Gretchen); one child (Daniel, b. 1964)
University Education: Dates Degree
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA 1951-55 S.B. Geology
1956-60 S.M. Geology & Geophysics
1960-62 Ph.D. Crystallography & Mineralogy
Professional Experience
1998- Staff Member, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
1991-02 Co-Director, Science and Technology Center for High Pressure Research (located at SUNY Stony Brook, Geophysical Laboratory, Princeton University, UC Davis, UC San Diego)
1986-98 Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
1982-83 Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen, Arizona State University, and University of Tsukuba/Photon Factory
1975-76 Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge and Monash University
1975-86 Professor of Earth Science and Materials Science, SUNY Stony Brook
1971-75 Professor of Crystallography, SUNY, Stony Brook
1962-69 Research scientist in structural chemistry, Central Research Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware
Professional Appointments
2002-04 Chair, Non-Ambient Diffraction Subcommittee, International Centre for Diffraction Data
2001 Member, External Review Committee of the Photon Factory (Material Structure Subcommittee), Tsukuba, Japan
1999-02 Member, American Institute of Physics, Committee on Public Policy
1999 Member, External Review of Research and Collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
1998-02 Board of Directors, International Centre for Diffraction Data; Member Finance Committee; Representative to U. S. National Committee for Crystallography
1999 APS User, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
1996 Member, Science Audit Panel, CSIRO Division of Minerals, Melbourne, Australia
1993-96 Member, AGU Committee on Mineral and Rock Physics
1992-98 Member, Visiting Committee to the Physical Sciences Division, University of Chicago
1994 Member, Evaluating Committee, Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University at Misasa, Japan
1994 Member, Visiting Committee to Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1994- Member, Steering Committee for Geo/Soil/EnviroCARS
1993 Member, Committee on the Future of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich
1993 Member, Advisory Council for the Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University
1993-95 Member, Proposal Selection Panel, National Synchrotron Light Source
1993 Member, Peer Review Panel, DOE Materials Sciences Program
1992-94 Chairman, Geoscience Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (GeoSync)
1991- Member, Executive Committee, Center for High Pressure Research
1990-91 Member, AGU Committee on Studies of the Earth's Interior (SEI)
1990-93 Member, American Institute of Physics Committee on Multi-Institutional Collaboration in Space Science and Geophysics
1990-94 Member, AGU Real Estate Committee
1990-95 Member, Board of Governors, Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL
1990 NSF Panel on Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program, Phases I and II
1990-91 Chairman, Review Committee, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University
1988-89 Member, NAS/NRC Committee on Status and Research Objectives in the Solid-Earth Sciences: A Critical Assessment. Chairman, Panel on Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials
1988-89 Member, U. S. Geodynamics Committee Task Group on Geochemical Instrumentation
1987-91 Member, Advisory Council, Dept. of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University
1987-89 Member, Advisory Board of the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
1986 Member, Visiting Committee to Geophysical Laboratory and Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
1985-87 Chairman, NRC/NAS Committee on Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials
1983-85 Secretary/Treasurer, U. S. National Committee for Crystallography
1983-85 Member, U.S. National Committee on Geology
1983-84 President, Mineralogical Society of America
1982-86 Chairman, IMA Commission on Physics of Minerals
1982-83 Vice-President, Mineralogical Society of America
1982 Visiting Professor, H. C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen
1981-82 Member, NSF Committee on Crystallography in Research Institutions
1980-82 Advisory Committee on Physics Today
1980-82 Member, U. S. National Committee for Crystallography
1980- Member Executive Committee, SUNY Participating Research Team, NSLS
1979-82 Chairman, NRC/NAS Committee on Geological and Materials Sciences
1978-82 Secretary, IMA Commission on Physics of Minerals
1977-82 Mineralogical Society of America Representative to the International Mineralogical Association
1977-80 Chairman, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, SUNY Stony Brook
1976-85 Editor, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
1976-78 Councillor, Mineralogical Society of America
1976 Visiting Professor, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
1975-84 Member, International Union of Crystallography Commission on Crystallographic Studies at Controlled Temperatures and Pressures
1972- Research Collaborator, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Awards, Professional Recognition
2002 Ernst Cloos Memorial Scholar at Johns Hopkins University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2000 ICDD Fellow, International Centre for Diffraction Data
1999 Mineralogy at the Millennium, Workshop in Honor of Charles Prewitt and Larry Finger
1999 Special issue of American Mineralogist dedicated to Charles T Prewitt, March 1999
1997 Special Sessions at Fall AGU, “Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Mantle Materials,” in honor of C. T. Prewitt
1991 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
1989 Honorary Member, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
1983 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Arizona State University
1983 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship
1975 NATO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship
1975 Churchill Overseas Fellowship, Churchill College, Cambridge
1968 Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
Professional Societies
American Association for Advancement of Science
American Crystallographic Association
American Geophysical Union (Fellow)
Geological Society of Washington
Geological Society of America
Materials Research Society
Mineralogical Society of America (Fellow)
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Honorary Member)
Mineralogical Society of Japan
Current Research Interests
Single-crystal and powder x-ray diffraction
Structural models for minerals at high temperatures and pressures
Crystal chemistry of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn in chalcogenide minerals
Dense hydrous magnesium silicates
Application of synchrotron x-radiation to crystallographic and mineralogical problems
Mineral physics
Organizational Activities
2001 Co-Convener (with R. J. Hemley) Fortieth Anniversary of the Synthesis and Discovery of Stishovite, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco
2000 Co-Convener (with J. Post and P. Heaney) Rietveld Workshop, Mineralogical Society of America and Geophysical Laboratory, Washington.
1997 Member of the International Program Committee for the Joint AIRAPT-16 & HPC-38 Meeting in Kyoto.
1994 Co-editor (with P. Heaney and G. V. Gibbs), Mineralogical Society of America Reviews in Mineralogy volume on "Silica: Physical Behavior Geochemistry, and Materials Applications."
1993 Convener, Multi-Anvil Workshop, Center for High Pressure Research, Geophysical Laboratory, May 23.
1991 Co-Convener (with J. R. Smyth) "Hydrogen in Minerals," SEDI/Mineral Physics Symposium, AGU/MSA Spring Meeting, Baltimore.
1990-94 Member of International Program Committee for the 1994 Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
1990 Co-Convener (with R. J. Hemley and R.W. Carlson), SEDI Symposium "Chemical Evolution of the Mantle," AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore
1987 Co-Convener (with Gordon Brown), Symposium "Synchrotron Radiation Research in the Geological Sciences," Mineralogical Society of America, Phoenix, Arizona
1986 Convener, Workshop on Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials, Airlie, Virginia
1984-86 General Chairman, Organizing Committee for the 1986 Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Stanford, California
1981 Co-Convener (with Gabrielle Donnay), Microsymposium "Mineralogical Crystallography: Recent Trends," Twelfth Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Ottawa, Canada
1981 Co-Convener (with J.D.C. McConnell), Symposium "Real Behavior in Minerals: The Integration of Theory and Technique," Mineralogical Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio
1980 Convener, Mineralogical Society of America Short Course on Pyroxenes, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
1980 Co-Convener (with J. S. Huebner), Symposium "Pyroxenes," Mineralogical Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia
1979 Co-Convener (with R. M. Hazen), Workshop "High-Temperature Diamond-Anvil Pressure Cells," American Geophysical Union
1979 Co-Convener (with R. C. Liebermann), Symposium "Elasticity and Crystallography of Minerals at High Pressures," American Geophysical Union
1978 Co-Convener (with Stanley Block), Symposium, "Application of the Diamond-Anvil Cell to Crystallography at High Pressures and Temperatures," Eleventh Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Warsaw
1977 Co-Convener (with R. M. Hazen), Mineral Physics Conference, Airlie, Virginia
2002-04 Development of New Diamond Cell Technology for Ultrahigh Pressure Single-Crystal Structure Analysis Using X-ray Diffraction, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with H. K. Mao and P. Dera)
2000-02 K-Fe Sulfides and Fe-Ni Phosphides at Core Pressure and Temperatures, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with N. Boctor and H. Yang)
2000-02 Acquisition of an X-ray Microdiffractometer System, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with Y. Fei)
1999-01 High-Pressure Crystal Chemistry of Earth Materials, NSF Division of Earth Sciences, (with R. M. Hazen and H. Yang).
1999-02 Role of Al2O3, Fe2O3, and CaO in Earth’s Lower Mantle, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with Y. Fei).
1998-00 Acquisition of a Four-Circle Single-Crystal Diffractometer with CCD Detector, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with L. W. Finger).
1998-00 New Geophysical Laboratory Initiative in Condensed Matter Geophysics, W. M. Keck Foundation.
1997-99 An Undergraduate Research Training Program in Geoscience, NSF Division of Earth Sciences REU Program (with Constance M. Berka)
1996-98 Collaborative Research: A Test of Dehydration Weakening Hypothesis for the Occurrence of Intermediate/Deep-Focus Earthquakes, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with Y. Fei, P. Silver, and C. Meade).
1994-99 GeoCARS, A National Resource for Earth, Planetary, Soil and Environmental Science Research at the Advanced Photon Source, National Science Foundation (with M. Rivers, W. A. Bassett, G. E. Brown, and S. R. Sutton).
1991-02 Center for High Pressure Research, National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center Program (with SUNY Stony Brook and Princeton University).
1992-98 Superconducting Wiggler Insertion Device for X-ray Studies with the Diamond-Anvil Cell at Ultra-High Pressures, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with H. K. Mao, L. W. Finger, and R. J. Hemley)
1992-94 Instrument Design for Earth Science Research at the APS, National Science Foundation (with J. V. Smith, W. A. Bassett, G. E. Brown, K. W. Jones, M. L. Rivers and S. R. Sutton)
1992-93 Phase Transitions in Rock-Forming Minerals at Crustal Pressures and Temperatures, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with D. C. Palmer)
1990-91 Acquisition of an Automated Powder X-Ray Diffractometer, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with L. W. Finger)
1987-91 Three-Dimensional Analysis and Computer Modelling of Schooling Patterns, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (with W. M. Hamner)
1987-90 Macroscopic and Microscopic Study of Mineral Phase Transitions, NSF Division of Earth Sciences.
1987-90 Superconducting Wiggler X-Ray Facility for Diamond-Cell Dedicated High-Pressure Research, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with H.-k. Mao, P. M. Bell, and A. Jephcoat)
1987-88 Acquisition of a Single-Crystal Diffractometer with a Rotating-Anode Generator, NSF Division of Earth Sciences (with L. W. Finger)
1984-89 Acquisition of High-Pressure, High-Temperature Equipment for Support of Research in Mineral Physics and Mineral Chemistry, NSF Division of Earth Sciences Equipment Program (with R. C. Liebermann and D. J. Weidner)
1984-85 Acquisition of Computational Facilities for Research in the Earth Sciences, NSF Division of Earth Sciences Equipment Program (with R. P. Comer and C. H. Thurber)
1983-85 Elastic and Crystallographic Properties of Minerals: Application of Synchrotron Radiation, NSF Experimental and Theoretical Geophysics Program (with D. J. Weidner)
1980-81 X-Ray Diffractometer for Experiments at High Temperatures and Pressures, NSF Geochemistry Program
1979-83 Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Activities of Ternary Noble Metal Oxides, NSF Solid State Chemistry Program (with R. D. Shannon)
1979 Crystallographic Studies Using Energy-Dispersive Diffraction (Symposium), NSF Solid State Physics Program (with D. E. Cox)
1977-87 Systematic Relations Among Crystallographic, Chemical, and Elastic Properties of Minerals, NSF Experimental and Theoretical Geochemistry Program
1977 Conference on Mineral Physics, NSF Geochemistry Program (with R. M. Hazen)
1976 Domain Structures of Minerals, U.S.-Australia Cooperative Science Program, NSF
1973-77 Mineral Crystal Chemistry in the Temperature Range 24-1200 °C, NSF Geochemistry Program (with J. J. Papike)
1972-75 Origin of Plastic Deformation in Olivine and Pyroxene, U. S. Air Force (with N. L. Carter)
1972-74 Crystal Chemistry and Petrology of Igneous Rocks for the Deep Sea Drilling Project, NSF (with A. E. Bence and J. J. Papike)
1969-76 Crystal Chemistry and Chemical Petrology of Lunar Rocks, NASA (with A. E. Bence and D. H. Lindsley)
1969-73 Phase Transitions and Intracrystalline Equilibria in Pyroxenes and Amphiboles, NSF Geochemistry Program (with J. J. Papike)
CHARLES T. PREWITT -- PUBLICATIONS
Prewitt CT (1960) The parameters upsilon and phi for equi-inclination with application to the single-crystal counter diffractometer. Z Kristallogr 114:355-360
Prewitt CT,
Buerger MJ (1961) Crystal structure of cahnite: Ca2BAsO4(OH)4.
Am Mineral 46:1077-1085
Buerger MJ,
Prewitt CT (1961) The crystal structures of wollastonite and pectolite. Proc
Nat Acad Sci 47:980
Peacor DR,
Prewitt CT (1962) Drilling coordinates for crystal structure models. Rev Sci
Instr 33:550-551
Peacor DR,
Prewitt CT (1963) Comparison of the crystal structures of bustamite and
wollastonite. Am Mineral 48:588-596
Prewitt CT,
Buerger MJ (1963) Comparison of the crystal structures of wollastonite and
pectolite. GSA Spec Pap 1:293-302
Prewitt CT,
Peacor DR (1964) Crystal chemistry of the pyroxenes and pyroxenoids. Am Mineral
49:1527-1542
Cramer RD,
Lindsey RV, Prewitt CT, Stolberg UG (1965) Five-coordinate platinum (II)
complexes. J Am Chem Soc 87:658
Prewitt CT,
Young HS (1965) Germanium and silicon disulfides: structure and synthesis.
Science 19:535-537
Wuensch BJ,
Prewitt CT (1965) Corrections for x-ray absorption by a crystal of arbitrary
shape. Z Kristallogr 12:24-59
Schunn RA,
Fritchie CJ, Prewitt CT (1966) Synthesis of some cyclopentadienyl transition
metal sulfides and the crystal structures of (C5H5FeS)4.
Inorg Chem 5:892-889
Prewitt CT,
Burnham CW (1966) The crystal structure of jadeite, NaAlSi2O6.
Am Mineral 51:956-975
Bither TA,
Prewitt CT, Gillson JL, Bierstedt PE, Flippen RB, Young HS (1966) New
transition metal dichalcogenides formed at high pressure. Solid State Comm
4:533-535
Prewitt CT,
Kirchner E, Preisinger A (1967) Crystal structure of larsenite, PbZnSiO4.
Z Kristallogr 124:115-130
Burnham CW,
Clark JR, Papike JJ, Prewitt CT (1967) A proposed crystallographic nomenclature
for pyroxenes. Z Kristallogr 125:109-119
Prewitt CT
(1967) Refinement of the structure of pectolite Ca2NaHSi3O9.
Z Kristallogr 125:298-316
Prewitt CT,
Shannon RD (1968) Crystal structure of a high-pressure form of B2O3.
Acta Crystallogr B24:869-874
Shannon RD, Prewitt
CT (1968) Synthesis and structures of phases in the In2O3
system. J Inorg and Nucl Chem 30:1389-1398
Prewitt CT,
Sleight AW (1968) Structures of Gd2S3. Inorg Chem
7:1090-1093
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1968) Effective ionic radii in oxides and fluorides. Acta
Crystallogr B25:925-945
Sleight AW,
Prewitt CT (1968) Crystal chemistry of the rare earth sesquisulfides. Inorg
Chem 7:2282-2288
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1969) Coordination and volume changes accompanying high-pressure
phase transformations of oxdes. Mat Res Bull 4:57-62
Prewitt CT,
Shannon RD (1969) Use of radii as an aid to understanding the crystal chemistry
of high-pressure phases. Trans Am Cryst Assoc 5:51-60
Prewitt CT,
Sleight AW (1969) Garnet-like structures of high-pressure cadmium germanate and
calcium germanate. Science 163:386-387
Prewitt CT,
Shannon RD, Rodgers DB, Sleight AW (1969) The C rare earth oxide-corundum
transition and crystal chemistry of oxides having the corundum structure. Inorg
Chem 8:1985-1992
Prewitt CT,
Moore EP, Lardear LF (1970) High-speed x-ray diffraction photography. J Appl
Cryst 3:409-410
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1970) Synthesis and structure of a new high-pressure form of Rh2O3.
J Solid State Chem 2:134-136
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1970) Synthesis of pyrosilicates and pyrogermanates having the
thortveitite stucture. J Solid State Chem 2:199-202
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1970) Revised values of effective ionic radii. Acta Crystallogr
B26:1046-1048
Sleight AW,
Prewitt CT (1970) Preparation of CuNbO3 and CuTaO3 at
high pressure. Mat Res Bull 5:207-212
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1970) Effective ionic radii and crystal chemistry. J Inorg Chem
32:1427-1441
Prewitt CT,
Papike JJ, Ross M (1970) Cummingtonite: A reversible. nonquenchable transition
from P21/m symmetry. Earth Planet Sci Lett
8:448-450
Prewitt CT
(1970) X-ray diffraction study of Gd2(MoO4)3.
J Solid State Comm 8 8:2037-2040
Bence AE,
Papike JJ, Prewitt CT (1970) Apollo 12 clinopyroxenes: Chemical trends. Earth
Planet Sci Lett 8:393-399
Papike JJ,
Bence AE, Brown GE, Prewitt CT, Wu CH (1971) Apollo 12 clinopyroxenes:
Exsolution and epitaxy. Earth Planet Sci Lett 10:307-315
Shannon RD,
Rogers DB, Prewitt CT (1971) Chemistry of noble metal oxides. I. Synthesis and
properties of ABO2 delafossite compounds. Inorg Chem 10:713-718
Prewitt CT,
Shannon RD, Rogers DB (1971) Chemistry of noble metal oxides. II. Crystal
structures of PtCoO2, PdCoO2, and AgFeO2.
Inorg Chem 10:719-723
Rogers DB,
Shannon RD, Prewitt CT, Gillson JL (1971) Chemistry of noble metal oxides. III.
Electrical transport properties of ABO2 compounds with the
delafossite structure. Inorg Chem 10:723-727
Prewitt CT,
Brown GE, Papike JJ (1971) Apollo 12 clinopyroxenes: High-temperature x-ray
diffraction studies. In Proceedings of the Second Lunar Science Conference, vol
1. The M.I.T. Press. p 59-28
Prewitt CT,
Shannon RD (1972) Synthesis of a pyroxene containing trivalent titanium. Contr
Min Pet 35:77-82
Sueno S,
Papike JJ, Prewitt CT, Brown GE (1972) Crystal structure of high cummingtonite.
J Geophys Res 77:5767-5777
Brown GE,
Prewitt CT, Papike JJ, Sueno S (1972) A comparison of the structures of low and
high pigeonite. Jour Geophys Res 77:5778-5789
Sueno S, M.,
Cameron, Papike JJ, Prewitt CT (1973) The high-temperature crystal chemistry of
tremolite. Am Mineral 58:649-664
Cameron M,
Sueno S, Prewitt CT, Papike JJ (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of
acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite. Am Mineral
58:594-618
Papike JJ,
Prewitt CT, Sueno S, Cameron M (1973) Pyroxenes: Comparisons of real and ideal
structural topologies. Z Kristallogr 138:254-273
Brown GE,
Sueno S, Prewitt CT (1973) A new single-crystal heater for the precession
camera and four-circle diffractometer. Am Mineral 58:698-704
Brown GE,
Prewitt CT (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of hortonolite. Am Mineral
58:577-587
Sleight AW,
Prewitt CT (1973) High-pressure HgTiO3 and HgPbO3:
preparation, characterization, and structure. J Solid State Chem 6:509-512
Rajamani V,
Prewitt CT (1973) Crystal chemistry of natural pentlandites. Can Mineral
11:178-187
Guggenberger
LJ, Prewitt CT, Meakin P, Trofimenko S, Jesson JP (1973) Crystal structure and
single-crystal electron paramagnetic resonance data for bis
(dihydrobis(7-pyrazolyl)borato) cobalt (II). Inorg Chem 12:508-515
Holzwarth W,
Quigg E, Prewitt CT (1973) Proc Eighth Nat'l Conf Electron Probe Anal, New
Orleans p 42A-42E
Prewitt CT,
Rajamani V (1974) Electron interactions and chemical bonding in sulfides. In
Sulfide Mineralogy, Ribbe PH (ed), vol 1. Mineralogical Society of America,
Washington, DC. p PR1-PR41
Rajamani V,
Prewitt CT (1974) Structure of millerite, NiS. Can Mineral 12:253-257
Rajamani V,
Prewitt CT (1975) Thermal expansion of pentlandite. Am Mineral 60:39-48
Rajamani V,
Brown GE, Prewitt CT (1975) Cation ordering in Ni-Mg olivine. Am Mineral
60:292-299
Rajamani V,
Prewitt CT (1975) Refinement of Co9S8. Can Mineral
13:75-78
Prewitt CT,
Sueno S, Papike JJ (1976) The crystal structures of high albite and monalbite
at high temperatures. Am Mineral 61:1213-1222
Sueno S,
Cameron M, Prewitt CT, Papike JJ (1976) Orthoferrosilite: High-temperature
crystal chemistry. Am Mineral 61:38-53
Wechsler BA,
Prewitt CT, Papike JJ (1976) Chemistry and structure of lunar and synthetic
armalcolite. Earth Planet Sci Lett 29:91-103
Prewitt CT
(1976) Crystal structures of pyroxenes at high temperature. In The Physics and
Chemistry of Minerals and Rocks, Strens RG (ed). John Wiley, New York
Gibbs GV,
Prewitt CT, Baldwin KJ (1977) A study of the structural chemistry of coesite. Z
Kristallogr 145:109-123
Hazen RM,
Prewitt CT (1977) Linear compressibilities of low albite: High-pressure
structural implications. Am Mineral 62:554-558
Hazen RM,
Prewitt CT (1977) Effects of temperature and pressure on interatomic distances
in oxygen-based minerals. Am Mineral 62:309-315
King HG,
Jr., Prewitt CT (1978) FeS phase transitions at high pressures and
temperatures. Phys Chem Minerals 3:72-73
Levien L,
Prewitt CT, Weidner DJ (1979) Compression of pyrope. Am Mineral 64:805-808
Prewitt CT,
H. G. King J (1979) Structure and symmetry of CuS2. Am Mineral
64:1265-1271
Levien L,
Weidner DJ, Prewitt CT (1979) Elasticity of diopside. Phys Chem Minerals
4:105-113
Prewitt CT
(1980) Reviews in Mineralogy. In Pyroxenes, Prewitt CT (ed), vol 7.
Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC
Levien L,
Prewitt CT, Weidner DJ (1980) Structure and elastic properties of quartz at
pressure. Am Mineral 65:920-930
Sueno S,
Prewitt CT, Ohmasa M (1980) Topotactic decomposition of some silicates. J
Mineral Soc Japan 4:339-363
King HG,
Jr., Prewitt CT (1980) Improved pressure calibration system using the ruby R1
fluorescence. Rev Sci Instrum 51:1037-1039
Prewitt CT,
Cox DE (1980) Symposium on crystallographic studies using energy-dispersive
diffraction. J Appl Cryst 13:340-341
Levien L,
Prewitt CT (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside. Am Mineral
66:315-323
Levien L,
Prewitt CT (1981) High-pressure crystal structure and compressibility of
coesite. Am Mineral 66:324-333
Schwartz KB,
Prewitt CT, Shannon RD, Corliss LM, Chamberland BL (1981) Neutron powder
diffraction study of two sodium platinum oxides. Acta Crystallogr B38:363-368
King HE,
Jr., Prewitt CT (1981) High-pressure and high- temperature polymorphism of iron
sulfide (FeS). Acta Crystallogr B38:1877-1887
Shannon RD,
Prewitt CT (1981) This week's citation classic: Effective ionic radii in oxides
and fluorides. Current Contents No. 21:18
Prewitt CT
(1981) Size and compressibility of ions at high pressure. In Advances in Earth
and Planetary Sciences: High-Pressure Research
in Geophysics, Akimoto S, Manghnani MH (eds), vol 12. p 433-438
Schwartz KB,
Parise JB, Prewitt CT, Shannon RD (1982) Analysis of structural distortions in
non-stoichiometric ternary platinum oxides: Li.64Pt3O4
and Co.37Na.14Pt3O4. Acta Cryst
B38:2109-2116
Sasaki S,
Prewitt CT, Sato Y, Ito E (1982) Single-crystal x-ray study of gamma Mg2SiO4.
J Geophys Res 87:7829-7832
Cameron M,
Sueno S, Papike JJ, Prewitt CT (1983) High temperature crystal chemistry of K
and Na fluor-richterites. Am Mineral 68:924-943
Prewitt CT,
Schwartz KB, Shannon RD (1983) Synthesis and crystal structure of orthorhombic
cadmium platinum oxide: CdPt3O6.
Acta Crystallogr C39:519-521
Cox DE,
Hastings JB, Thomlinson W, Prewitt CT (1983) Application of synchrotron
radiation to high resolution powder diffraction and Rietveld refinement. Nucl
Instr and Meth 208:573-578
Frueh AJ,
Azaroff LV, Prewitt CT, Wuensch BJ (1983) Crystallography at M.I.T. In
Crystallography in North America, McLachlan D, Glusker JP (eds). American
Crystallographic Association
Sasaki S,
Prewitt CT, Liebermann RC (1983) The crystal structure of CaGeO3
perovskite and the crystal chemistry of the GdFeO3-type perovskites.
Am Mineral 68:1189-1198
Sasaki S,
Chen H-K, Prewitt CT, Nakajima Y (1983) Re-examination of "P21/a coesite". Z Kristallogr 164:67-77
Schwartz KB,
Parise JB, Prewitt CT, Shannon RD (1983) Structure and crystal chemistry of
mixed-valence ternary platinum oxides: MnPt3O6, ZnPt3O6,
MgPt3O6, NiPt3O6. Acta Crystallogr B39:217-226
Swanson DK,
Prewitt CT (1983) The crystal structure of K2SiVISi3IVO9.
Am Mineral 68:581-585
Sueno S,
Prewitt CT (1983) Models for the phase transition between orthoferrosilite and
high clinoferrosilite. Fortschr Miner 61:223-241
Belsky HL,
Rossman GR, Prewitt CT, Gasparik T (1984) Crystal structure and optical
spectroscopy of CaCrSi4O10. Am Mineral 69:771-776
Lyman P,
Prewitt CT (1984) Room- and high-pressure crystal chemistry of CoAs and FeAs.
Acta Crystallogr B40:14-20
Schwartz KB,
Prewitt CT (1984) Structural and crystal chemistry of platinum oxides. J Phys
Chem Solids 45:1-21
Sueno S,
Kimata M, Prewitt CT (1984) The crystal structure of high clinoferrosilite. Am
Mineral 69:264-269
Sueno S,
Prewitt CT, Kimata M (1984) Structural aspects of phase transitions in Fe-Mg-Ca
pyroxenes. Am Mineral 70:141-148
Wechsler BA,
Lindsley DH, Prewitt CT (1984) Crystal structure and cation distribution in
titanomagnetites (Fe3-xTixO4).
Am Mineral 69:754-770
Wechsler BA,
Prewitt CT (1984) Crystal structure of ilmenite (FeTiO3) at high
temperature and at high pressure. Am Mineral
Sasaki S,
Prewitt CT, Harlow GE (1984) Alternative interpretation of diffraction patterns
attributed to low P21ca
orthopyroxene. Am Mineral 69:1082-1089
Prewitt CT
(1985) Crystal chemistry: Past, present, and future. Am Mineral 70:443-454
Liebermann
RC, Prewitt CT, Weidner DJ (1985) Mineral physics in Japan. EOS 66:138-139
Markgraf SA,
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in preparation