Emeritus Professor Peter Leverett

Journal Articles

• Leverett, P., Wu, M. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2013), 'The antimicrobial properties of some copper(II) and platinum(II) 1,10-phenanthroline complexes', Dalton Transactions, 14.
• Leverett, P., Myers, S. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2013), 'Cytotoxic platinum(II) intercalators that incorporate 1R,2R-diaminocyclopentane', Dalton Transactions, 9.
• Leverett, P., Reynolds, J., Roper, A. and Williams, P. (2012), 'Tripuhyite and schafarzikite : two of the ultimate sinks for antimony in the natural environment', Mineralogical Magazine, 12.
• Krause-Heuer, A., Leverett, P., Bolhuis, A. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2012), 'Copper(ii) and palladium(ii) complexes with cytotoxic and antibacterial activity', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 14.
• Sciberras, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Hibbs, D., Roberts, A. and Grice, J. (2011), 'The single-crystal X-ray structure of gagarinite-(Ce)', Canadian Mineralogist, 4.
• Lans, E., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Reynolds, J. and Williams, P. (2011), 'Mineralogical note: georgeite from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 2.
• Orlandi, P., Demartin, F., Pasero, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2011), 'Gelosaite, BiMo 6+ (2-5x)Mo 5+ 6xO 7(OH)A?H 2O (0 a?? x a?? 0.4), a new mineral from Su Senargiu (CA), Sardinia, Italy, and a second occurrence from Kingsgate, New England, Australia', American Mineralogist, 6.
• Mills, S., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Raudsepp, M. (2010), 'The structure of H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite', Mineralogical Magazine, 6.
• Mills, S., Kampf, A., Williams, P., Leverett, P., Pouier, G., Raudsepp, M. and Francis, C. (2010), 'Hydroniumpharmacosiderite, a new member of the pharmacosiderite supergroup from Cornwall, UK: structure and description', Mineralogical Magazine, 7.
• Hager, S., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Mills, S., Hibbs, D., Raudsepp, M., Kampf, A. and Birch, W. (2010), 'The single-crystal X-ray structures of bariopharmacosiderite-C, bariopharmacosiderite-Q and natropharmacosiderite', Canadian Mineralogist, 9.
• Diemar, G., Filella, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Dispersion of antimony from oxidizing ore deposits', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 7.
• Hager, S., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Possible structural and chemical relationships in the cyanotrichite group', Canadian Mineralogist, 14.
• Chapman, J., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'The supergene zone of the Peak Hill gold mine, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
• Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Primary bismuth minerals from the Wolfram pipe, Kingsgate, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 7.
• Colchester, D., Klish, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Grandviewite, Cu3Al9(SO4)2(OH)29, a new mineral from the Grandview mine, Arizona, USA', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
• Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2008), 'Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil', Mineralogical Record, 6.
• Dabinett, T., Humberstone, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Synthesis and stability of wroewolfeite, Cu4SO4(OH)6.2H2O', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 7.
• Giester, G., Kolitsch, U., Leverett, P., Turner, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'The crystal structures of lavendulan, sampleite, and a new polymorph of sampleite', European Journal of Mineralogy, 19.
• Overgaard, J., Waller, M., Piltz, R., Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Platts, J. and Hibbs, D. (2007), 'Experimental and theoretical charge density distribution in two ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic amino acids', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 11.
• Aldrich-Wright, J., Fenton, R., Leverett, P., Stephens, F., Williams, P. and Vagg, R. (2007), 'The synthesis and structural analysis of cis-beta-{(1,6-di(2'-pyridyl)(2,5-dibenzyl-2,5-diazahexane)(1,2-diazahexane)(1,2-benzoquinone diimine)ruthenium(II)} and related complexes', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 20.
• Clement, J., Leverett, P., Vagg, R. and Williams, P. (2007), 'A convenient resolution of pipecolic acid using a metal complex as the chiral auxiliary', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 6.
• Frost, R., Weier, M., Williams, P., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, T. (2007), 'Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 10.
• Colchester, D., Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A., Sharpe, J., Williams, P., Hibbs, D., Turner, P. and Hoppe, V. (2007), 'Cloncurryite, Cu0.56(VO)0.44Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)2.5H2O, a new mineral from the Great Australia min, Clocurry, Queensland, Australia, and its relationship to nevadaite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 10.
• Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'Unusual post-mining sulfates from the Peelwood and Lloyd mines, New South Wales, and a comment on wattevilleite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
• Colchester, D., Leverett, P., Clissold, M., Williams, P., Hibbs, D. and Nickel, E. (2007), 'Gillardite, Cu3NiCl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the 132 North deposit, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
• Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2007), 'Buttgenbachite from Cornwall: a single-crystal X-ray study', Journal of the Russell Society, 4.
• Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Hibbs, D. and Nickel, E. (2007), 'The structure of gillardite, the Ni-analogue of herbertsmithite, from Widgiemooltha, Western Australia', Canadian Mineralogist, 4.
• Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'Schuilingite from the Peelwood mine, Peelwood, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 3.
• Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J., Williams, P. and Gundersen, P. (2007), 'The 'lost' mines of Kingsgate, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6.
• Williams, P., Leverett, P., Birch, W., Hibbs, D., Kolitsch, U. and Mihajlovic, T. (2006), 'Zinc-rich zincolibethenite from Broken Hill, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 5.
• Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2006), 'Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study', Axis (Mineralogical Record), 7.
• Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2005), 'Thermal decomposition of agardites (REE) - relationship between dehydroxylation temperature and electronegativity', Thermochimica Acta, 4.
• Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Raman spectroscopy of likasite at 298 and 77 K', Spectrochimica Acta A, 6.
• Williams, P., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J., Colchester, D. and Rankin, J. (2005), 'Elsmoreite, Cubic WO3.0.5H2O, a new mineral species from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia', Canadian Mineralogist, 5.
• Frost, R., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P., Erickson, K., Weier, M. and Leverett, P. (2005), 'Studies of natural and synthetic agardites', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlung, 9.
• Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 8.
• Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Butcher, R. (2004), 'Structural sources of chiral discrimination in diastereoisomeric Ru(II) complexes of aromatic aminoacids and diimines', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 4258.
• Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2004), 'New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
• Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2004), 'Effect of the lanthanide ionic radius on the Raman spectroscopy of lanthanide agardite minerals', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
• Frost, R., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Weier, M. and Erickson, K. (2004), 'Raman spectroscopy of gerhardtite at 298 and 77 K', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
• Frost, R., Williams, P., Martens, W., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, T. (2004), 'Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: implications for hydrogen bonding.', American Mineralogist, 8.
• Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Mckinnon, A., Williams, P. and Leverett, P. (2004), 'Use of infrared spectroscopy for the determination of electronegativity of rare earth elements', Applied Spectroscopy, 5.
• Emseis, P., Failes, T., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2004), 'Intramolecular NH-? and ?-? interactions in ternary cobalt(III) complexes of aromatic aminoacids: a structural and NMR study', Polyhedron, 19.
• Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2004), 'Weak intramolecular interactions in perchlorate salts of O-f1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(R-aa]2+ [picchxn = N,N-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa = phenylalaninato(1-), tyrosinato(1-)] and their diastereoisomeric equilibration in solution', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 8.
• Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2004), 'The structure of O-f1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(S-tyr]Br2.3.5H2O and solution configuration of O-f1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(aromatic S-aminoacidate]2+ complexes: model systems for the investigation of non-covalent aromatic interactions', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 13.
• Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Solid state and solution structures of complexes of the type lambda- beta-2-[Co{R,R-picchxn)(R-aa)]2+ [picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa=aromatic aminoacidate]', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 15.
• Emseis, P., Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Crystal and molecular structures of three salts of Lambda-beta-1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(R-phe)2+ (Picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; phe=phenylalaninato(1-))', Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 7.
• Emseis, P., Leverett, P., Reddy, N. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Direct spectroscopic evidence for intramolecular pi-pi interactions in solutions of Lambda-beta-1-[Co(R,R-picchxn)(aa)n+ [picchxn=N,N'-di(2-picolyl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane; aa=alpha-methyl-S-tryptophanato(1-), R-aminobenzylmalonato(1-)]', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 7.
• Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Connellite-buttgenbachite from the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry: a crystal chemical formula', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 4.
• Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'A single-crystal X-ray study of a sulphate-bearing buttgenbachite, Cu36Cl7.8(NO3)1.3(SO4)0.35(OH)62.2.5.2H2O, and a re-examination of the crystal chemistry of the buttgenbachite-connellite series', Mineralogical Magazine, 14.
• Aldrich-Wright, J., Hinds, F., Leverett, P. and Hazell, S. (2003), 'Synthesis, characterisation and anti bacterial testing of Bismuth maltol', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 1.
• Frost, R., Williams, P., Martens, W., Kloprogge, T. and Leverett, P. (2002), 'Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 4.
• Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2002), 'Buttgenbachite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study.', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 16.
• Hibbs, D., Kolitsch, U., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2002), 'Hoganite and paceite, two new acetate minerals from the Potosi mine, Broken Hill, Australia', Mineralogical Magazine, 6.
• Frost, R., Kloprogge, T., Williams, P., Martens, W., Johnson, T. and Leverett, P. (2002), 'Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals: pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite', Spectrochimica Acta, 8.
• Frost, R., Williams, P., Kloprogge, J. and Leverett, P. (2001), 'Raman spectroscopy of descloizite and mottramite at 298 and 77K', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 6.
• Crane, M., Leverett, P., Shaddick, L., Williams, P., Kloprogge, T. and Frost, R. (2001), 'The PbCrO4-PbSO4 system and its mineralogical significance', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 15.
• Jury, C., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Plimer, I. and Hibbs, D. (2001), 'Mineralogical note: the status of chillagite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 1.