[Geysers] Biscuit Basin names

Mon Jul 24 07:43:54 PDT 2006

We already have a Pollux Peak and a Castor Peak in the park, so I must vote
against duplicating these names in geysers at Biscuit, or anywhere.

Lee Whittlesey

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I waited to see if anyone would come up with the following suggestion, and
was surprised when no one did. How about "Granite Geyser" for the new
(currently) bicolored geyser? It's a mineral (in keeping with the mineral
themed names in Biscuit Basin) that is most commonly black, grey and white.

Nice alliteration too. "Salt and Pepper" would tie into the culinary theme
of the two Mustard Springs and Cauliflower Geyser. We could also try
something completely different (like Avoca Spring), such as "Domino Geyser"

or "Zebra Geyser," because dominoes are commonly black and white, as are
zebras. However, bearing in mind that the darker part may change, I would
humbly suggest naming the feature after the Gemini twins in Greek
mythology,
"Castor and Pollux." The double nature of the geyser suggests twins, and
many of the myths (not all) have one twin being mortal (Castor), while the
other was immortal (Pollux). Twins, yet decidedly different. It is pretty
obvious that the clear vent would probably be designated "Pollux," but it
may be better not to make this distinction and let the visitors make up
their own minds which is which. If the dark part clears, we would still
have
a twin based and therefore appropriate name for another of Yellowstone's
fascinating geysers.......as long as both vents stay active!

Paul V. Behunin

----Original Message Follows----
From: TSBryan at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:43:07 EDT

In a message dated 7/17/2006 7:54:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
geyser1 at netzero.net writes:

Some of  the more well known minerals of the garnet group include
almandine,
pyrope,  grossular, andradite, and spessartine.  Of these, andradite
commonly
occurs in darker shades of brown and black.  The others are commonly used
in
the gem trade and tend to be more colorful (reds, oranges,  pinks).

Well, then there is the iron-iron garnet, melanite, which is truly black...
But as for that spring at Biscuit, probably we need to wait on a name, or
simply  come up with something "generic" as 1) the spring might not
persist;
and
2) the  "black" part likely will not stay black.

Scott Bryan

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