Peter Heaney

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Geosciences

Research Summary

Research interests include crystal structure analysis of minerals, environmental geochemistry, inorganic polymerization in aqueous fluids and phase transition in rock-forming minerals.

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Recent Publications

Vacancy infilling during the crystallization of Fe-deficient hematite: An in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of non-classical crystal growth

Chen, S. A., Heaney, P. J., Post, J. E., Eng, P. J. & Stubbs, J. E., Sep 1 2023, In: American Mineralogist. 108, 9, p. 1720-1731 12 p.

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Synchrotron X-ray diffraction of pyrolusite (MnO2) and rutile (TiO2) during heating to ∼1000 °C

Chung, D. Y., Heaney, P. J., Post, J. E., Stubbs, J. E. & Eng, P. J., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 177, 111284.

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Mastering the Art of Silicate Mineralogy

Heaney, P. J., 2023, In: Rocks and Minerals. 98, 1, p. 8-27 20 p.

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The crystal structure of feitknechtite (β-MnOOH) and a new MnOOH polymorph

Post, J. E., Heaney, P. J., Ilton, E. S. & Elzinga, E. J., Nov 1 2023, In: American Mineralogist. 108, 11, p. 2131-2141 11 p.

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Hematite-goethite ratios at pH 2–13 and 25–170 °C: A time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction study

Chen, S. A., Heaney, P. J., Post, J. E., Eng, P. J. & Stubbs, J. E., Sep 20 2022, In: Chemical Geology. 606, 120995.

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Minerals, Magic, and Science: IMA Designates 2022 as the Year of Mineralogy

Heaney, P. J., 2022, In: Rocks and Minerals. 97, 2, p. 130-133 4 p.

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Manjiroite or hydrous hollandite?

Post, J. E., Heaney, P. J., Fischer, T. B. & Ilton, E. S., Apr 1 2022, In: American Mineralogist. 107, 4, p. 564-571 8 p.

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Superhydrous hematite and goethite: A potential water reservoir in the red dust of Mars?

Chen, S. A., Heaney, P. J., Post, J. E., Fischer, T. B., Eng, P. J. & Stubbs, J. E., Nov 2021, In: Geology. 49, 11, p. 1343-1347 5 p.

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Effects of pH and Ca exchange on the structure and redox state of synthetic Na-birnessite

Elmi, C., Post, J. E., Heaney, P. J. & Ilton, E. S., Jan 27 2021, In: American Mineralogist. 106, 1, p. 15-27 13 p.

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Synchrotrons and Geochemistry: A Workshop for Novices and Experts

Lanzirotti, A., Heaney, P. J., Stubbs, J. E., Fenter, P., Myneni, S., Gilbert, B. & Duffy, T., 2021, In: Synchrotron Radiation News. 34, 6, p. 41-42 2 p.

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Raman spectroscopy study of manganese oxides: Layer structures

Post, J. E., McKeown, D. A. & Heaney, P. J., Mar 26 2021, In: American Mineralogist. 106, 3, p. 351-366 16 p.

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Origin of a global carbonate layer deposited in the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary impact

Bralower, T. J., Cosmidis, J., Heaney, P. J., Kump, L. R., Morgan, J. V., Harper, D. T., Lyons, S. L., Freeman, K. H., Grice, K., Wendler, J. E., Zachos, J. C., Artemieva, N., Chen, S. A., Gulick, S. P. S., House, C. H., Jones, H. L., Lowery, C. M., Nims, C., Schaefer, B. & Thomas, E. & 1 others, Vajda, V., Oct 15 2020, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 548, 116476.

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Deep abiotic weathering of pyrite

Gu, X., Heaney, P. J., Reis, F. D. A. A. & Brantley, S. L., Oct 23 2020, In: Science. 370, 6515, eabb8092.

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A structural study of size-dependent lattice variation: In situ X-ray diffraction of the growth of goethite nanoparticles from 2-line ferrihydrite

Heaney, P. J., Oxman, M. J. & Chen, S. A., May 26 2020, In: American Mineralogist. 105, 5, p. 652-663 12 p.

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Heirs of the revolution: X-ray diffraction and the birth of the Mineralogical Society of America

Heaney, P. J., 2020, In: American Mineralogist. 105, 1, p. 3-21 19 p.

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