<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Is Riverside not considered a free-standing cone? It is definitely substantial. Also, what kind of geyser would Steamboat be classified? I have never seen it, but from pictures, the column looks to be coming from a nozzle. Would it be a cone-type? And would you consider it free-standing?   Also at Norris, if the geyserite cone from the Smithsonian was from Vixen Geyser, would that be another option for this list? It depends on the your definition of free-standing or substantial. <DIV>-Ben Hoppe</DIV> <DIV><AtomicElement id=ms__id226><HighlightText id=ms__id227> </HighlightText></AtomicElement></DIV> <DIV>If you don't stand for something,</DIV> <DIV>You'll fall for anything.</DIV> > From: Jeff.Cross@wallawalla.edu > To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:27:27 -0800 > Subject: [Geysers] Cones > > How many substantial free-standing geyserite cones exist in Yellowstone? > > Upper Geyser Basin: > > Old Faithful > Beehive > Lion > Castle > Giant > Grotto > Rocket > Mortar > > Lower Geyser Basin: > > White Dome > Pink Cone > Jet > Clepsydra > > Lone Star Geyser Basin: > > Lone Star Geyser > > Shoshone Geyser Basin: > > Union Geyser > Minute Man Geyser > > Heart Lake Geyser Basin: > > Puffing Spring > > Are there really none at Midway, Norris, Gibbon or West Thumb? > > It is interesting to note that of the cones I have listed (16), 8 of them (50%) are in the Upper Geyser Basin. > > One might also ask how to define a "cone." I am listing only those cones that have an arresting appearance. > > Low, mound-shaped masses of sinter, like those around Bulger Geyser, seem very different, almost as if they formed through a different process. Therefore I did not include them in the list. It would appear that cones are fairly rare. > > Any thoughts? > > Jeff Cross > jeff.cross@wallawalla.edu_______________________________________________ > Geysers mailing list > Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu > https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers <hr />Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. <a href='http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009' target='_new'>See how it works.</a></body> </html>