[Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

[Tom Kearney]

Re: black & white rock -  "Snowflake Obsidian"  (See samples in the Madison 
information station.)

Tom Kearney

>
>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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