[Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Yesterday I suggested that names were needed for the eruptive vent between  
Wall Pool and Black Opal Pool and for the new thing near the river.
 
1. Upon reading Paperiello's paper about Wall and Black Opal (GOSA  
Transactions, Vol. VI), it is abundantly clear that the vent that erupted on  Thursday 
evening, that is the easternmost part of Wall, was separately referred  to as 
Black Diamond Pool during the 1930s. I would humbly suggest that that name  be 
used now.
 
2. As for the new thing on downstream near the river, people today  suggested 
"Ivory and Ebony," in reference to the one vent spouting clear water  and the 
other being dark in color. Of course, that cannot work, given Ivory at  Heart 
Lake and Ebony at Norris. And maybe it is too soon for a name, anyway.  
However, in keeping with all the gems and semiprecious stones at Biscuit Basin  
(Silver Globe, Shell, Jewel, Sapphire, Black Pearl, Coral, Black Diamond, and  
Black Opal), a similar name might be in keeping with tradition. I keep trying to 
 think of the name for a rock that is both black and white, but banded onyx 
is  all I can come up with....
 
Scott Bryan
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