Publications

Tait, K.T., Hawthorne, F.C. & Della Ventura, G. (2001): Al-Mg disorder in a gem-quality pargasite from Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 39(6), 1725-1732 pdf.

Tait, K.T., Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F.C & Khomyakov, A.P. (2003): The crystal chemistry of nepheline. Canadian Mineralogist, 41(1), 61-70 pdf.

Tait, K.T. & Hawthorne, F.C. (2003): Refinement of the crystal structure of arseniopleite: Confirmation of its status as a valid species. Canadian Mineralogist 41(1), 71-77 pdf.

Tait, K.T., Hawthorne, F.C., Grice, J., Jamor, J. & Pinch, W.W. (2004): Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral from the Sawtooth Batholith, Boise County, Idaho. Canadian Mineralogist 42(1), 121-124 pdf.

Tait, K.T., Hawthorne, F.C., Cerný, P.C. & Galliski, M.A. (2004): Bobfergusonite from the Nancy pegmatite, San Luis Range, Argentina. Canadian Mineralogist 42(3), 705-716 pdf.

Tait, K.T. & Hawthorne, F. C. (2004): Johillerite from Tolbachik, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia: Crystal-structure refinement and chemical composition. Canadian Mineralogist 42(3), 717-722 pdf.

Bobev, S. & Tait, K.T. (2004): Methanol- inhibitor or promoter of the formation of gas hydrates from deuterated ice? American Mineralogist 89, 1208-1214 pdf.

Wang, Z., Tait, K., Zhao, Y., Schiferl, D., Zha, C.S., Uchida, H., & Downs, R.T. (2004): Size-induced reduction of transition pressure and enhancement of bulk modulus of AlN nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. B, 108(31), 11506-11508 pdf.

Wang, Z., Zhao, Y., Tait, K., Liao, X., Schiferl, D., Zha, C.S., Downs, R.T., Qian, J., Zhu, Y., & Shen. T.D. (2004): Harder than diamond: A new quenchable hexagonal carbon polymorph synthesized by cold-compression of carbon nanotubes P. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 101(38), 13699-13702 pdf.
-Highlight in Nature: September 16, 2004: Vol. 431 pdf.

Tait, K.T., Hawthorne, F.C., Grice, J.D., Ottolini, L. & Nayak, V.K.(2005): Dellaventuraite, NaNa2(MgMn2TiLi)Si8O22O2, a new anhydrous amphibole from the Kajlidongri manganese mine, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, India. American Mineralogist, 90, 304-309 pdf.

Williams, D.J., Park, S., Tait, K.T. & Daemen, L.L. Synthesis, structural, and infrared analysis of the orthorhombic phase of silver dicyanamide, AgN(CN)2, Acta Cryst. B (submitted).

Tait, K.T. & Hawthorne, F.C.: Nomenclature of the alluaudite-group minerals: Proposal to the IMA commission on mineral classification. (submitted).

Tait, K.T. & Hawthorne, F.C.: The crystal chemistry of the wyllieite-group minerals. In prep.

Tait, K.T. & Hawthorne, F.C. & Raudsepp, M: Alluaudite, hagendorfite and varulite from various localities. In prep.

Tait, K.T., Hawthorne, F.C., Galliski, M. & Cerný, P.C.: The crystal structure of ernstite. In prep.