Emeritus Professor Peter Leverett

Emeritus Professor Peter Leverett

Emeritus Professor,
Dean's Unit, School of Science

Biography

1993 - Professor of Chemistry, UWS. 1989 - 1992 Foundation Dean and Professor, Faculty of Science & Tech, UWS Nepean. 1987 - 1988 Foundation Head, School of Science & Tech, Nepean CAE. 1984 - 1986 Foundation Director, Centre for Applied Science, Nepean CAE. 1975 - 1983 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer (Chemistry), NSWIT (UTS). 1973 - 1974 Lecturer in Chemistry, Caulfield Institute of Technology. 1970 - 1972 Postdoctoral Senior Teaching Fellow (Chemistry), Monash University. 1966 - 1969 PhD (Chemistry), Monash University 1962 - 1965 BSc(Hons) (Chemistry & Geology), University of Tasmania

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Qualifications

  • PhD Monash University
  • BSc University of Tasmania

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Dean's Unit, School of Science

Contact

Email: P.Leverett@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9909
Mobile:
Location: Hawkesbury

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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Roper, A., Leverett, P., Murphy, T. and Williams, P. (2018), 'The stability of the rare sodium antimonate, brizziite, and it's role in Sb mobility', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 82, no 1 , pp 89 - 93.
  • Sciberras, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Schluter, J., Malcherek, T., Welch, M., Downes, P., Hibbs, D. and Kampf, A. (2017), 'Structural and compositional variations of basic Cu(II) chlorides in the herbertsmithite and gillardite structure field', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 81, no 1 , pp 123 - 134.
  • Roper, A., Leverett, P., Murphy, T. and Williams, P. (2017), 'Solubility of the nadorite group minerals : implications for mobility of Sb and Bi in oxidised settings', Environmental Chemistry, vol 14, no 4 , pp 224 - 230.
  • Mills, S., Kampf, A., Nestola, F., Williams, P., Leverett, P., Hejazi, L., Hibbs, D., Mrorsko, M., Alvaro, M. and Kasatkin, A. (2017), 'Wampenite, C18H16, a new organic mineral from the fossil conifer locality at Wampen, Bavaria, Germany', European Journal of Mineralogy, vol 29, no 3 , pp 511 - 515.
  • Roper, A., Leverett, P., Murphy, T., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2015), 'Klebelsbergite, Sb4O4SO4(OH)2 : stability relationships, formation in nature, and refinement of its structure', American Mineralogist, vol 100, no 2-3 , pp 602 - 607.
  • Roper, A., Leverett, P., Murphy, T. and Williams, P. (2015), 'Stabilities of bystromite, MgSb2O6, ordo?ezite, ZnSb2O6 and rosiaite, PbSb2O6, and their possible roles in limiting antimony mobility in the supergene zone', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 79, no 3 , pp 537 - 544.
  • Welch, M., Sciberras, M., Williams, P., Leverett, P., Schluter, J. and Malcherek, T. (2014), 'A temperature-induced reversible transformation between paratacamite and herbertsmithite', Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, vol 41, no 1 , pp 33 - 48.
  • Munro-Smith, V., Leverett, P., Sciberras, M., Sharpe, J., Williams, P. and Melchiorre, E. (2014), 'Copper and cobalt mineralization from the Desolation prospect, Mount Isa Block, Queensland', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 17, no 2 , pp 83 - 86.
  • Roper, A., Leverett, P., Murphy, T. and Williams, P. (2014), 'The stability of onoratoite, Sb8O11Cl2, in the supergene environment', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 78, no 7 , pp 1671 - 1675.
  • Ng, N., Leverett, P., Hibbs, D., Yang, Q., Bulanadi, J., Wu, M. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2013), 'The antimicrobial properties of some copper(II) and platinum(II) 1,10-phenanthroline complexes', Dalton Transactions, vol 42, no 9 , pp 3196 - 3209.
  • Garbutcheon-Singh, K., Leverett, P., Myers, S. and Aldrich-Wright, J. (2013), 'Cytotoxic platinum(II) intercalators that incorporate 1R,2R-diaminocyclopentane', Dalton Transactions, vol 42, no 4 , pp 918 - 926.
  • Kampf, A., Sciberras, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Malcherek, T., Schluter, J., Welch, M., Dini, M. and Molina Donoso, A. (2013), 'Paratacamite-(Mg), Cu3(Mg, Cu)Cl2(OH)6 : a new substituted basic copper chloride mineral from Camerones, Chile', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 77, no 8 , pp 3113 - 3124.
  • Hager, S., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2013), 'The silver mines of Sunny Corner, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 17, no 1 , pp 45 - 51.
  • Sciberras, M., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Hibbs, D., Downes, P., Welch, M. and Kampf, A. (2013), 'Paratacamite-(Ni), Cu3(Ni,Cu)Cl2(OH)6, a new mineral from the Carr Boyd Rocks mine, Western Australia', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 17, no 1 , pp 39 - 44.
  • 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, vol 76, no 4 , pp 891 - 902.
  • 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, vol 65, no 7 , pp 860 - 873.
  • 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, vol 49, no 4 , pp 1111 - 1114.
  • Lans, E., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Reynolds, J. and Williams, P. (2011), 'Mineralogical note : georgeite from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 16 , pp 39 - 40.
  • 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, vol 96, no 40970 , pp 268 - 273.
  • Mills, S., Hager, S., Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Raudsepp, M. (2010), 'The structure of H3O+-exchanged pharmacosiderite', Mineralogical Magazine, vol 74, no 3 , pp 487 - 492.
  • 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, vol 74, no 5 , pp 863 - 869.
  • 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, vol 48, no 6 , pp 1477 - 1485.
  • Diemar, G., Filella, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Dispersion of antimony from oxidizing ore deposits', Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol 81, no 9 , pp 1547 - 1553.
  • Hager, S., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'Possible structural and chemical relationships in the cyanotrichite group', Canadian Mineralogist, vol 47, no 3 , pp 635 - 648.
  • Chapman, J., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2009), 'The supergene zone of the Peak Hill gold mine, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 15 , pp 47 - 52.
  • 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, vol 14, no 1 , pp 19 - 25.
  • 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, vol 14, no 2 , pp 3 - 6.
  • 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, vol 39, no 2 , pp 125 - 130.
  • Dabinett, T., Humberstone, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2008), 'Synthesis and stability of wroewolfeite, Cu4SO4(OH)6.2H2O', Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol 80, no 6 , pp 1317 - 1323.
  • 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, vol 19, no 1 , pp 75 - 93.
  • 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, vol 111, no 40 , pp 10123 - 10133.
  • 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, vol 60, no 17-19 , pp 2015 - 2034.
  • 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, vol 60, no 16 , pp 1789 - 1794.
  • Frost, R., Weier, M., Williams, P., Leverett, P. and Kloprogge, T. (2007), 'Raman spectroscopy of the sampleite group', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol 38 , pp 574 - 583.
  • 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, vol 13, no 1 , pp 5 - 14.
  • 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, vol 13, no 1 , pp 41 - 46.
  • 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, vol 13, no 1 , pp 15 - 18.
  • Leverett, P., Williams, P. and Hibbs, D. (2007), 'Buttgenbachite from Cornwall: a single-crystal X-ray study', Journal of the Russell Society, vol 10 , pp 47 - 50.
  • 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, vol 45, no 2 , pp 317 - 320.
  • Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2007), 'Schuilingite from the Peelwood mine, Peelwood, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 13, no 2 , pp 89 - 91.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J., Williams, P. and Gundersen, P. (2007), 'The 'lost' mines of Kingsgate, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 13, no 2 , pp 83 - 88.
  • 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, vol 12, no 1 , pp 3 - 7.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2006), 'Connellite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study', Axis (Mineralogical Record), vol 2, no 2 , pp 1 - 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, vol 427, no 40575 , pp 167 - 170.
  • Frost, R., Erickson, K., Weier, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Raman spectroscopy of likasite at 298 and 77 K', Spectrochimica Acta A, vol 61, no 4 , pp 607 - 612.
  • 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, vol 43 , pp 1061 - 1065.
  • 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, vol 181, no 1 , pp 11 - 19.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A., Sharpe, J. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Secondary minerals from the central Cobar mines', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 11 , pp 75 - 82.
  • 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, vol 4617 , pp 357 - 4614.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2004), 'New data for boothite, CuSO4.7H2O, from Burraga, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 10 , pp 3 - 6.
  • 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, vol 35 , pp 961 - 966.
  • 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, vol 35 , pp 991 - 996.
  • 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, vol 89 , pp 1130 - 1137.
  • 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, vol 58 , pp 811 - 815.
  • 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, vol 23 , pp 1749 - 1767.
  • 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, vol 357 , pp 2669 - 2676.
  • 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, vol 357 , pp 3251 - 3263.
  • 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, vol 56 , pp 661 - 675.
  • 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, vol 56 , pp 389 - 395.
  • 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, vol 355 , pp 144 - 150.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Connellite-buttgenbachite from the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry: a crystal chemical formula', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 9 , pp 39 - 42.
  • 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, vol 67 , pp 47 - 60.
  • Aldrich-Wright, J., Hinds, F., Leverett, P. and Hazell, S. (2003), 'Synthesis, characterisation and anti bacterial testing of Bismuth maltol', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, , pp 144 - 144.
  • 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, vol 33 , pp 260 - 263.
  • Hibbs, D., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2002), 'Buttgenbachite from Bisbee, Arizona: a single-crystal X-ray study.', Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, , pp 225 - 240.
  • 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, vol 66 , pp 459 - 464.
  • 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, vol 58 , pp 2861 - 2868.
  • Frost, R., Williams, P., Kloprogge, J. and Leverett, P. (2001), 'Raman spectroscopy of descloizite and mottramite at 298 and 77K', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol 32 , pp 906 - 911.
  • 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, vol 11 , pp 505 - 519.
  • Jury, C., Leverett, P., Williams, P., Plimer, I. and Hibbs, D. (2001), 'Mineralogical note: the status of chillagite', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol 7 , pp 39 - 39.

Conference Papers

  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Chemical mineralogy of the oxidized zones of the E22, E26 and E27 ore bodies at Northparkes, New South Wales', Regolith 2005 ? Ten Years of CRC LEME, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2005), 'Supergene geochemistry of the Endeavor ore body, Cobar, NSW, and relationships to other deposits in the Cobar Basin', Regolith 2005-Ten Years of CRC LEME, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2004), 'A supergene exploration model for Cobar style deposits', Exploration Field Workshop Cobar Region 2004, Cobar.
  • Clissold, M., Leverett, P. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Gaspeite-magnesite solid solutions and their significance', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia, Canberra.
  • Leverett, P., Mckinnon, A. and Williams, P. (2003), 'Mineralogy of the oxidised zone at the New Cobar orebody', CRC LEME Regional Regolith Symposia, Canberra.

Previous Projects

Title: Solid Solution in Lead (II) Salts
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Peter Williams and Peter Leverett
Years: 1999-01-01 - 1999-12-31
ID: P0011222
Title: Designated Research Centre - Centre for Industrial and Process Minerology
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Peter Williams, Peter Leverett, Gary Dennis and X
Years: 2000-11-21 - 2001-12-31
ID: P0012346
Title: Multi-purpose x-ray diffractometer
Funder:
  • University of Western Sydney
Western Researchers: Peter Williams, Adriyan Milev, Peter Leverett, Kamali Kannangara and Gary Dennis
Years: 2008-09-24 - 2009-09-23
ID: P00016345

Supervision

Emeritus Professor Leverett is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Thesis Title: Towards a Comprehensive Geochemical Model for Bi and Sb in the Oxidized Environment
Field of Research:
Thesis Title: Substitution in Basic Secondary Cu(II) Chloride Minerals
Field of Research:

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