[Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

[Ralph Taylor]

As with all too many names that we would like to apply to a new or unnamed
feature, the name Black Pearl is already in use, at Biscuit Basin of all
places.  According to Rocco Paperiello's paper on Wall and Black Opal pools
in GOSA Transactions Volume VI, the name was mis-applied to the part of the
pool that recently erupted, the part that Scott recommends that we revive
the 1930s name Black Diamond Pool for. 

Ralph Taylor

-----Original Message-----
From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
Pat Snyder
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:07 PM
To: geyser observation reports
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

Some really nice black or silver minerals are
Galena
Hornblende
Graphite
Hematite
Stephanite

Also, garnets can be many colors--maybe Garnet Geyser? And Almandine,  
they are dark brown to black minerals.

Also, Black Pearl
Abalone
Mother of Pearl

And olivine can be greenish black, right?

I like Graphite Geyser or Black Pearl Geyser.

Just some ideas.
Pat Snyder



On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:33 PM, TSBryan at aol.com wrote:

> 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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