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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

1969-71     Associate 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

 

Research Grants

 

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, Halliyal A, Bhalla AS, Newnham RE, Prewitt CT (1985) X-ray structure refinement and pyroelectric investigation of fresnoite, Ba2TiSi2O8. Ferroelectrics 62:17-26

Sueno S, Matsuura S, Prewitt CT (1985) Fe-deficient olivine structure type minerals from Colorado, U.S.A. and Japan. Mineralogical Journal 12:376-392

Phillips JC, Baldwin KJ, Lehnert WF, LeGrand AD, Prewitt CT (1986) The SUNY X21 beamline at NSLS:  A multi-use port on a dedicated high brightness synchrotron radiation source. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A246:182-189

Swanson DK, Prewitt CT (1986) I. A new radiative single-crystal diffractometer microfurnace incorporating MgO as a high-temperature cement and internal temperature calibrant. J Appl Crystallography 19:1-6

Angel RJ, Prewitt CT (1986) Crystal structure of mullite.  A Re-examination of the average structure. Am Mineral 71:1476-1482

Angel RJ, Prewitt CT (1986) The incommensurate structure of mullite by Patterson synthesis. Acta Crystallogr B43:116-126

Liu X, Prewitt CT (1987) Crystallographic study of YCo1-2xCoxPtxO3 and DyCo1-2xCoxPtxO3. J Solid State Chem 71:371-379

Sasaki S, Bass J, Prewitt CT (1987) Orthorhombic perovskite CaTiO3 and CdTiO3: Structure and space group. Acta Crystallogr C43:1668-1674

Hazen RM, W.Finger L, Angel RJ, Prewitt CT, Ross NL, Mao HK, Hadidiacos CG (1987) Crystallographic description of phases in the Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductor.  Erratum. Physical Review:B36

Ross NL, Angel RJ, Finger LW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT (1987) Oxygen-defect perovskites and the 93-K superconductor. In Chemistry of High-Temperature Superconductors, Hazen RM (ed). ACS Symposium Series 351, Washington, DC. p 164-172

Prewitt CT (1987) Rock-forming minerals: Crystal chemistry, spectroscopy, disorder, high pressure, and synchrotron radiation. Rev Geophys 25:1123-1130

Prewitt CT, Coppens P, Phillips JC, Finger LW (1987) New opportunities in synchrotron x-ray crystallography. Science 238 312-319

Hazen RM, Finger LW, Angel RJ, Prewitt CT, Ross NL, Mao HK, Hadidiacos CG (1987) Crystallographic description of phases in the Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductor. Physical Review B35:7238-7241

Angel RJ, Gasparik T, Ross NL, Finger LW, Prewitt CT, Hazen RM (1988) A silica-rich sodium pyroxene phase with six-coordinated silicon. Nature 335:156-158

Angel RJ, Hazen RM, McCormick TC, Prewitt CT, Smyth JR (1988) Comparative compressibility of end-member feldspars. Phys Chem Minerals 15:313-318

Hazen RM, Finger LW, Angel RJ, Prewitt CT, Ross NL, Hadidiacos CG, Heaney PJ, Veblen DR, Sheng ZZ, Ali AE, Herman AM (1988) 100-K superconducting phases in the Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-O system. Phys Rev Lett 60:1657-1660

Hazen RM, Prewitt CT, Angel RJ, Ross NL, Finger LW, Hadidiacos CG, Veblen DR, Heaney PJ, Hor PH, Meng RL, Sun YY, Wang YQ, Xue YY, Huang ZJ, Gao L, Bechtold J, Chu CW (1988) Superconductivity in the high-Tc Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O system:  Phase identification. Phys Rev Lett 60:1174-1177

Ko J, Prewitt CT (1988) High-pressure phase transition in MnTiO3 from the ilmenite to the LiNbO3 structure. Phys Chem Minerals 15:355-362

Meng RL, Hor PH, Sun YY, Huang ZJ, Gao L, Xue YY, Wang YQ, Bechtold J, Chu CW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT, Angel RJ, Ross NL, Finger LW, Hadidiacos CG (1988) The 120K-superconducting phase in Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O. Mod Phys Lett B2:543-549

Veblen DR, Heaney PJ, Angel RJ, Finger LW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT, Ross NL, Chu CW, Hor PH, Meng RL (1988) Crystallography, chemistry and structural disorder in the new high-Tc Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductor. Nature 332:334-337

Hamner WM, Prewitt CT, Kristof E (1988) Quantitative analysis of the abundance, swimming behavior, and interactions of midwater organisms. NOAA Symp Series for Undersea Research 6

Finger LW, Ko J, Hazen RM, Gasparik T, Hemley RJ, Prewitt CT, Weidner DJ (1989) Crystal chemistry of phase B and an anhydrous analogue:  implications for water storage in the upper mantle. Nature 341:140-142

Finger LW, Prewitt CT (1989) Predicted compositions for high-density hydrous magnesium silicates. Geophys Res Lett 16:1395-1397

Ko J, Brown NE, Navrotsky A, Prewitt CT, Gasparik T (1989) Phase equilibrium and calorimetric study of the transition of MnTiO3 from the ilmenite to the lithium niobate structure and implications for the stability field of perovskite. Phys Chem Minerals 16:727-733

Kudoh Y, Finger LW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT, Kanzaki M (1989) Single crystal diffraction study of a new hydrous silicate, phase E. In Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory. Carnegie Instn. Washington, 1988-1989, Washington, DC

Kudoh Y, Prewitt CT, Arashi H (1989) Premonitory twinning in the high-pressure phase transition of ZrO2. In Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory. Carnegie Instn. Washington, 1988-1989, Washington, DC. p 108-110

Ross NL, Ko J, Prewitt CT (1989) A new phase transition in MnTiO3:  LiNbO3-perovskite structure. Phys Chem Minerals 16:621-629

Prewitt CT, McQueen R, Miller GH, Jeanloz R, Weidner DJ, Getting I (1989) New instrumentation to use with the diamond-anvil cell, large volume apparatus, and shock-wave facilities. In Frontiers in Mineral Physics, Report of the Mineral Physics Committee of the American Geophysical Union, Lake Arrowhead, California, September 1988, Ahrens TJ, Mackwell SJ, Bassett WA, McMillan PF (eds). American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

Prewitt CT (1989) Introduction. In Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Instn Washington, 1988-1989, Washington, D.C. p 1-205

Liu X, Prewitt CT (1990) High-temperature x-ray diffraction study of Co3O4: Transition from normal to disordered spinel. Phys Chem Minerals 17:168-172

Prewitt CT, Ko J, Ross NL (1990) High-pressure single-crystal studies of MnTiO3. In High-Pressure Research, Ahrens TJ, Mackwell SJ, Bassett WA, McMillan PF (eds), vol 4. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. p 426-428

Finger LW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT (1990) Crystal structures of Mg12Si4O19(OH)2, Phase B, and Mg14Si5O24 (Phase AnhB). Am Mineral 76:1-7

Kudoh Y, Prewitt CT, Finger LW, Darovskikh A, Ito E (1990) Effect of iron on the crystal structure of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite. Geophysical Research Letters 17:1481-1484

Angel RJ, McMullan RK, Prewitt CT (1991) Substructure and superstructure of mullite by neutron diffraction. Am Mineral 76:332-342

Liu X, Prewitt CT (1991) High-temperature diffraction study of LnCoO3 perovskites:  A high-order electronic phase transition. Phys Chem Solids 52:441-448

Zhang J-M, Ye D-N, Prewitt CT (1991) Relationship between the unit-cell volume and cation radius of isostructural compounds and the additivity of the molecular volumes of carbonates. Am Mineral 76:100-105

Prewitt, CT (1991) Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1990 to Russell J. Hemley.  Am Mineral 76:1742

Navrotsky A, Weidner DJ, Liebermann RC, Prewitt CT (1992) Materials science of the Earth's deep interior. MRS Bulletin 17:30-37

Prewitt CT, Finger LW (1992) Crystal-chemistry of high-pressure hydrous magnesium silicates. In High Pressure Research:  Application to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Syono Y, Manghnani MH (eds). Terra Scientific Publishing Co. and American Geophysical Union, Tokyo and Washington. p 269-274

Kudoh Y, Prewitt CT, Finger LW, Ito E (1992) Ionic radius - bond strength systematics, ionic compressibilities, and the application to (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskites. In High Pressure Research:  Application to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Syono Y, Manghnani MH (eds). Terra Scientific Publishing Co. and American Geophysical Union, Tokyo and Washington. p 215-218

Kudoh Y, Finger LW, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT, Kanzaki M, Veblen DR (1993) Phase E:  a high-pressure hydrous silicate with unique crystal chemistry. Phys Chem Minerals 19:357- 360

Zhang J, Ko J, Hazen RM, Prewitt CT (1993) High-pressure crystal chemistry of KAlSi3O8 hollandite. Am Mineral 78:493-499

Palmer DC, Hemley RJ, Prewitt CT (1994) Raman spectroscopic study of high-pressure phase transitions in cristobalite. Phys Chem Minerals 21:481-488

Hemley RJ, Prewitt CT, Kingma KJ (1994) High-pressure behavior of silica. In Silica: Physical Behavior , Geochemistry, and Materials Applications, Heaney PJ, Prewitt CT, Gibbs GV (eds), (Reviews in Mineralogy), vol 29. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC

Fei Y, Prewitt CT, Mao HK (1995) In situ x-ray diffraction measurements of FeS polymorphs at high pressure and high temperature. Science 268:1892-1894

Fei Y, Prewitt CT (1996) High pressure behavior of iron sulfide. In Mat Res Soc Symp Proc, vol 410. Materials Research Society. p 223-228

Yang H, Prewitt CT, Frost DJ (1997) Crystal structure of the dense hydrous magnesium silicate, phase D. Am Mineral 82:651-654

Yang H, R.M.Hazen, L.W.Finger, C.T.Prewitt, R.T.Downs (1997) Compressibility and crystal structure of sillimanite, Al2SiO5, at high pressure. Phys Chem Minerals 25:39-47

Yang H, R.T.Downs, L.W.Finger, R.M.Hazen, C.T.Prewitt (1997) Compressibility and crystal structure of kyanite, Al2SiO5, at high pressure. Am Mineral 82:467-474

Hazen RM, Yang H, Prewitt CT, Gasparik T (1997) Crystal chemistry of superfluorous phase B (Mg10Si3O14F4):  Implications for the role of fluorine in the mantle. Am Mineral 82:647-650

Yang H, R.M.Hazen, C.T.Prewitt, L.W.Finger, R.Lu, R.J.Hemley (1998) High-pressure single-crystal x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopic studies of the C2/m-P21/m phase transition in cummingtonite. Am Mineral 83:288-299

Prewitt CT, Downs RT (1998) High-pressure crystal chemistry. In Reviews in Mineralogy, Hemley RJ (ed), vol 37. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. p 283-317

Fei Y, Prewitt CT, Frost DJ, Parise JB, Brister K (1998) Structures of FeS polymorphs at high pressure and temperature. In The Proceedings of Joint AIRAPT-16 & HPCJ-38, (The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology), vol 7, Kyoto. p 55-58

Prewitt CT, Ko T, Shen G, FitzGerald JD (1998) Role of twinning in perovskite - lithium niobate phase transitions. In The Proceedings of Joint AIRAPT-16 & HPCJ-38, (The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology), vol 7. Terra Scientific Publishing Co. and American Geophysical Union, Kyoto. p 40-43

Yang H, Finger LW, Conrad PG, Prewitt CT, Hazen RM (1999) A new pyroxene structure at high pressure:  Single-crystal X-ray and Raman study of the Pbcn-P21cn phase transition in protopyroxene. Am Mineral 84:245-256

Downs RT, Yang H, Hazen RM, Finger LW, Prewitt CT (1999) Compressibility mechanisms of alkali feldspars:  New data from reedmergnerite. Am Mineral 84:333-340

Yang H, Konzett J, Prewitt CT, Fei Y (1999) Single-crystal structure refinement of potassium-richterite, K(KCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2, synthesized at 15 GPa and 1400 °C. Am Mineral 84:681-684

Yang H, Prewitt CT (1999) On the crystal structure of pseudowollastonite. Am Mineral 84:929-932

Yang H, Prewitt CT (1999) Crystal structure and compressibility of a two-layer polytype of pseudowollastonite (CaSiO3). Am Mineral 84:1902-1905

Fei Y, Frost DJ, Mao HK, Prewitt CT, Häusermann D (1999) In situ structure determination of the high-pressure phase of Fe3O4. Am Mineral 84:203-206

Carim AH, Dera P, Finger LW, Mysen B, Prewitt CT, Schlom DG (2000) Crystal structure and compressibility of Ba4Ru3O10. J Solid State Chem 149:137-142

Hazen RM, Weinberger MB, Yang H, Prewitt CT (2000) Comparative high-pressure crystal chemistry of wadsleyite, b-(Mg1-xFex)2SiO4, with x=0 and 0.25. Am Mineral 85:770-777

Hazen RM, Yang H, Prewitt CT (2000) High-pressure crystal chemistry of Fe3+-wadsleyite, b-Fe2.33Si0.67O4. Am Mineral 85:778-783

Yamanaka T, Liebermann RC, Prewitt CT (2000) Thermal expansion of aluminous perovskite ScAlO3. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 95:182-192

Jiao W, Silver PG, Fei Y, Prewitt CT (2000) Do deep earthquakes occur on preexisting weak zones?  An examination of the Tonga subduction slab. J Geophys Res 105:28125-28138

Prewitt, CT (2000) Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 1999 to Yingwei Fei, Am Mineral 85, 1097

Fei Y, Li J, Bertka CM, Prewitt CT (2000) Structure type and bulk modulus of Fe3S, a new iron-sulfur compound. Am Mineral 85:1830-1833

Prewitt CT, Parise JB (2000) Hydrous phases and hydrogen bonding at high pressure. In Reviews in Mineralogy, Hazen RM, Downs RT (eds), vol 41. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. p 309-333

Yang H, Prewitt CT (2000) Chain and layer silicates at high temperatures and pressures. In Reviews in Mineralogy, Hazen RM, Downs RT (eds), vol 41. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. p 211-255

Hazen RM, Downs RT, Prewitt CT (2000) Principles of comparative crystal chemistry. In Reviews in Mineralogy, Hazen RM, Downs RT (eds), vol 41. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC. p 1-33

Yang H, Konzett J, Prewitt CT (2001) Crystal structure of a new (21)-clinopyribole synthesized at high temperature and pressure. Am Mineral 86:1261-1266

Yang H, Konzett J, Prewitt CT (2001) Crystal structure of phase X, a high pressure alkali-rich hydrous silicate and its anhydrous equivalent. Am Mineral 86:1483-1488

Dera P, Jayaraman A, Prewitt CT, Gramsch SA (2001) The structural basis for high pressure polymorphism in CuGeO3, Phys Rev B, 65, 134105-1 to 134105-10

Prewitt CT, Gramsch SA, Fei Y (2002) High-pressure crystal chemistry of Ni3S2, J. Physics: Condensed Matter, (Proceedings of AIRAPT-18 & HPCC-11 Conference, Beijing, China), in press.

Dera P, Prewitt CT, Boctor NZ, Hemley RJ (2002) Characterization of a high pressure phase of silica from the Martian meteorite Shergotty. Am Mineral 87: 1018-1023.

Yang, H. Prewitt CT, Liu Z (2002) Crystal structures and infrared spectra of two Fe-bearing hydrous magnesium silicates synthesized at high temperature and pressure, J. Miner. Petrol. Sciences, in press.

Dera P, Prewitt CT, Japel S, Bish DL, Johnston CT (2003) Pressure-controlled polytypism in hydrous layered materials, Am Min, submitted.

Prewitt CT, Yang H, Gramsch SA (2002) Crystal chemistry of Ca/Sr metasilicates and metagermanates. in preparation