<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> Hi Tom! Do you remember me? Your fellow atheist ranger from Madison back in 2000? I recently subscribed to the listserv as I'm planning a trip out to Yellowstone this fall. I saw your name and thought I'd drop a line. How are things going and where are you these days? I'm living in Ventura and working in Santa Barbara as an environmental geologist. Still have dreams of teaching someday but consulting is paying the bills for now.  Hope to hear from you! Michele Mykris </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <HR color=#a0c6e5 SIZE=1> <DIV></DIV>From:  "Tom Kearney" <twogazers@hotmail.com> Reply-To:  geyser observation reports <geysers@wwc.edu> To:  geysers@wwc.edu Subject:  Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names Date:  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:17:35 -0600 >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Geysers mailing list > >Geysers@wwc.edu > >https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers > > >_______________________________________________ >Geysers mailing list >Geysers@wwc.edu >https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers </BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>