Beryl Spring
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Beryl Spring is a hot spring
in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
. It is a large superheated pool, and boils up to a height of 4 feet.
Beryl is one of the hottest in Yellowstone, averaging 196 °F (91.1 °C). It was named by the U.S. Geological Survey Hague party in 1883 for the blue-green color which reminded a party member of the gemstone beryl
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Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is a large superheated pool, and boils up to a height of 4 feet.
Beryl is one of the hottest in Yellowstone, averaging 196 °F (91.1 °C). It was named by the U.S. Geological Survey Hague party in 1883 for the blue-green color which reminded a party member of the gemstone beryl
Beryl
The mineral beryl is a beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate with the chemical formula Be3Al26. The hexagonal crystals of beryl may be very small or range to several meters in size. Terminated crystals are relatively rare...
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