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Dr. R. Jeffrey Swope, Lecturer


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Office: SL 136
Phone: 317-278-0132
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rjswope@iupui.edu
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Background
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1997

Specialties
Mineralogy

My research involves the determination of mineral structures using x-ray diffraction data in order to address a wide variety of Earth-related problems.

Research Program Course Information
My research involves the determination of mineral structures using x-ray diffraction data in order to address a wide variety of Earth-related problems including: the crystal chemical behavior of mantle minerals, the effects of chlorine in biotite and amphibole, the shape of atoms in minerals as related to bond type, and the effects of cation ordering in micas. Additional applied studies include: study of natural analog minerals to evaluate potential nuclear waste forms, structure determination of organo-metallic molecules, and evaluation of the structural state of semi- and super-conducting materials.

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Fall 2007
G110 Physical Geology
G221 Introductory Mineralogy
G490 Undergraduate Seminar
Clay Mineralogy
G490 Advanced Geology Seminar
Clay Mineralogy

Summer 2007
G
490/G690 Optical Mineralogy and Petrography

Spring 2007
G110
Physical Geology
G130 Gemstones

Publications

Swope, R.J., and Gieré, R., 2004.  A strategy for teaching an effective undergraduate mineralogy course.  Journal of Geoscience Education, v.52 (1), p.15-22.

Jacobsen, S.D., Smyth, J.R., and Swope, R.J., 2003.  Thermal expansion of hydrated six-coordinate silicon in thaumasite, Ca 3Si(OH) 6(CO 3)(SO 4)·12H 2O.  Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, v.30(6), p.321-329.

Jakubowski, R.T., Fournelle, J., Welch, S, Swope, R.J., and Camus, P., 2002. A study of anhydrite phenocrysts from the 1991 climactic eruption of Mount Pinatubo: evidence for magmatic vapor deposition of anhydrite. American Mineralogist, v. 87, p.1029-1045.

Gieré, R., Swope, R.J., Buck, E.C., Guggenheim, R., Matthys, D. and Reusser, E., 2000. Growth and alteration of uranium-rich microlite.  Materials Research Symposium Proceedings, v.608, pp.519-524.

Smyth, J.R., Swope, R.J., Jacobsen, S.D. and Domanik, K. J., 2000. Crystal structure and compressibility of 2M1 and 3T Phengite grown at 11 Gpa. European J. of Mineralogy, v.12, no.5.

Jacobsen, S.D., Smyth, J.R., Swope, R.J., and Sheldon, Robert L., 2000. Two proton positions in the very strong hydrogen bond of serandite, NaMn2[Si3O8(OH)]. American Mineralogist, v.85, p.745-752

Jacobsen, S.D., Smyth, J.R., Swope, R.J., and Downs, R.T., 1998. Rigid body character of SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite. Canadian Mineralogist, v.36, pp1053-1060

Smyth, J.R., Kawamoto, T., Jacobsen, S.D., Swope, R.J., Hervig, R.L., Holloway, J.R., 1997. Crystal structure of monoclinic hydrous wadsleyite[b-Mg2SiO4]. American Mineralogist, v.82, pp.270-275.

Swope, R.J., Smyth, J.R., and Larson, A.C., 1995.  H in rutile-type compounds:  I. Single-crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction study of H in rutile.  American Mineralogist, v.80, pp.448-453.

Smyth, J.R., Swope, R.J., and Pawley, A.R., 1995.  H in rutile-type compounds:  II. Crystal chemistry of Al substitution in H-bearing stishovite.  American Mineralogist, v.80, pp.454-456.

Chen, S., Carperos, V., Noll, B., Swope, R.J., and DuBois, M.R., 1995.  Syntheses and reactivates of Indole and Indolyl complexes of (Cymene)ruthenium (II).  Organometallics, v.14, pp.1221-1231.

Duan, H.M., Kaplan, T.S., Dlugosch, B., Hermann, A.M., Swope, J., Drexler, J., Boni, P., and Smyth, J., 1992.  Single crystal growth of Tl-based superconductors.  Physica C, pp.257-263.

Downs, J.W., and Swope, R.J., 1992.  The laplacian of the electron density and the electrostatic potential of Danburite, CaB2Si2O8.  Journal of Physical Chemistry, v.96, pp.4834-4840.

Smyth, J.R., and Swope, R.J., 1990.  The origin of space group violation in a lunar orthopyroxene.  Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, v.17, pp.438-443.

 

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