<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=084371913-19072006>I humbly submit that another feature in the Kaleidoscope group needs to be named before we focus on the Biscuit Basin thing.  In my opinion "New Thing Far Left" is a TERRIBLE name that has persisted far too long.  If another feature were to break out to the left of NTFL would it become "Newer Thing Even Further Left"?  Could we agree that NTFL become "Football Geyser".  It's easy to drop the T from NTFL, which then becomes NFL -- the acronym for the National Football League, or more simply Football.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=084371913-19072006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=084371913-19072006>And why do we need to name the Biscuit Basin feature after a mineral?  Not that I object to that -- I'm just asking.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=084371913-19072006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=084371913-19072006></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Brush Script MT" color=#000080 size=6>Udo Freund</FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>geyser1@netzero.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 18, 2006 8:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] Biscuit Basin names<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Melanite is a variety of andradite.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I agree that making up a name for this new geyser(s) should be delayed for a while for the reasons stated below.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Will</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>***********</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>