My History

Education

• Ph.D., Geology, Harvard University, 1966
• B.A., Mathematics, Yale University, 1961

Professional Experience

• 1991, Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
• 1971-1988, University of Delaware, Associate Professor
• 1967-1971, University of Delaware, Assistant Professor
• 1967-1988, Smithsonian Institution, Research Associate
• 1966-1967, Smithsonian Institution, Researcher
• 1965-1966, Smithsonian Institution, Post-doctoral Research Associate
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Smithsonian National Science Foundation, 1965

Professional Activities

• Memberships in:
  • Mineralogical Society of America
  • Mineral Museums Advisory Council

Publications

• Fitzgerald, S., Leavens, P.B., and Nelen, J.A. (1992) Chemical Variation in Vesuvianite Mineralogy and Petrology 46, 163-178.
• Leavens, P.B., White, J.S., Robinson, G., and Nele, J.A. (1991) Mangangordonite, a new phosphate mineral from Kings Mountain, North Carolina and Newry, Maine, USA> Neues Jbh. Min. Mh., 169-176.
• Leavens, P.B., and Nelen, J.A. (1990) Franklinites from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey and oxygen fugacities of the deposits. Symposium on character and origin of the Franklin-Sterling Hill Orebodies, Lehigh University, Proceedings Volume, 49-62.
• Leavens, P.B. and Rheingold, A.L. (1988) Crystal structures of gordonite Mg(A1)2(PO4)28H2O and its manganese analog. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Mh., 265-270.
• Leavens, P.B., Dunn, P.J. and Burt, D.M. (1987) Galucochroite olivine from Franklin, New Jersey: its composition, occurrence and formation. American Mineralogist 72, 423-428.

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