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Post by Lady B on Jan 29, 2009 0:04:58 GMT -5
Don’t you just love it when we are having so much FUN?!?!?
Here is the fourth official puzzle in Lady B's Rocking Sudoku!!! Contest.
This fourth puzzle is The Gemstone Category, and the Keyword for this puzzle is: MORGANITE.  - Morganite is a rare light pink to rose-colored gem-quality variety of the mineral beryl, which is better known for its green variety (emerald) and its blue variety (aquamarine). Morganite was named for financier (and gem and mineral collector) J. P. Morgan. Orange/yellow varieties of morganite can also be found, and color banding is common. The mineral turns pinker upon high-temperature treatment.
Morganite was first discovered together with other gemstone minerals, such as tourmaline and kunzite, at Pala, California, early in the twentieth century. This started a bonanza for these quite popular gemstones which drew the attention of gemologist George Frederick Kunz, who knew that pink beryl was quite a rarity.
In 1911, Kunz suggested naming the pink variety of beryl "Morganite" after J.P. Morgan (the famous financier), his biggest customer at the New York jeweler Tiffany's. Ever since, the stone has held a certain popularity with Tiffany's, though it still remains a relatively scarce gem.
Morganite is also known as "pink beryl," or in the jewelry trade as "pink emerald."
The hardness is 7.5-8 on the Mohs hardness scale.
I just love all of the beryls – especially the pinks and the blues. My good Buddy across the Pond sent me one of the pinks and I found some of the prettiest blue beryls when I went on a wonderful trip to NC with my hubby. I wonder what some of your favorite stones might be.
In order to solve the puzzle you will need to follow this link: Adobe pdf format link: www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1044927&da=yThere are additional instructions and helpful information in the puzzle file. And you might also want to refer to this file: “ Need a Bit of Help with Those Pretty Yellow Diagonals” if you are feeling bedazzled by that gorgeous Morganite! Adobe pdf format link: www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1040906&da=yThis puzzle has a value of 4 Credits for trying to solve this puzzle; and 4 Credits for sending me your Solution by PM (user name ladybeabea) by 11:59 AM Eastern Time, Sunday, February 1st. (You still have until the official close of the contest – 11:59 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 – to submit your Solution if you are not trying to earn any Extra Credits.) By successfully solving this Puzzle you will earn EIGHT Points out of a possible 60 for this Contest. Have FUN and Happy Solving!! Lady B  |
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 29, 2009 8:40:36 GMT -5
My only hope is that the difficulty of the puzzle not to be proportional to the value of the stone that gives the name of that puzzle. But I have a feeling it is so  Adrian PS. update: morganite is an understatement, you might had named it koh-i-noor (the diamond, not the pencils brand ;D ) |
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 29, 2009 14:35:04 GMT -5
Damn, I'm stuck! After completing 14 letters, I'm stuck! That's another "surprize" for a beginner sudoku solver like me: I was convinced that once it's started it only gets more and more easy. WRONG!
Adrian
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 29, 2009 15:33:09 GMT -5
Is this when we get to call Lady B names?
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 29, 2009 15:57:19 GMT -5
Morganite is one of my favorite stones!!! maybe that love of the pink stones will help me with this, but I am still doubtful
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Post by Lady B on Jan 29, 2009 16:52:26 GMT -5
Is this when we get to call Lady B names? Oh Yes!!! By all means!! I love to be called names!!   Let's see, what are some of my favorites? Hmmm, there's Lady Blabbermouth; Lady Big Guns; Lady Bountiful; Lady Big Pain in the Anatomical Area; Lady @#@@#!!; Insane Lady; Diabolical Lady, Demonic Lady, and several that just cannot be seen on a public Forum!  So, yes!! Have at the names, because remember...Sticks (of petrified wood) and stones (rough, tumbled, or cabbed) fit very nicely in Flat Rate Boxes!!! ;D ;D ;D Lady B, as in Bedlamite!!! |
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jan 29, 2009 20:05:20 GMT -5
omg lady i think you need to go lay down.......... i am so confused i don't know what to do. AND now your already thinking of a new one. how about we go back to bingo, i know how to play that lmao
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2009 20:12:57 GMT -5
I think that by the time she's done with all of the contestants, they wont even mentally be able to handle bingo LOL
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Post by rockrookie on Jan 29, 2009 23:24:25 GMT -5
OMG .i can't imagine what the HARD ones will be like . i like the blue topaz one .-------------------------------paul
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Post by Jurrasic Jonje on Jan 30, 2009 1:18:28 GMT -5
Thats too funny. Joi is doing these for me and she loves sudoku. I took her about 30 min. to finish this one. She is already bugging me for next 2.
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Post by Tigger on Jan 30, 2009 1:40:41 GMT -5
Hey Jonje, you gonna split the prize with Joi? Huh, Huh??? LOL Glad she can do them so fast! Tell her she can do mine too.  Tigger |
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Post by MyNewHobby on Jan 30, 2009 17:40:57 GMT -5
YAY!!! I can finally move on to the Four Star!!
One problem though .... I can't find my pencils and erasers!
I honestly wonder if the dog took them ....
I did find a somewhat easier way to work with the pages instead of being in eraser hell.
Open the word document and work it from there.
Thanks Again Lady B!!
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 30, 2009 21:44:36 GMT -5
LOL. Or an Excel spreadsheet, it already has grids... Oops, I think I just gave my secret away...
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Post by MyNewHobby on Feb 1, 2009 19:04:18 GMT -5
I only have one thing to say .......  Bang Head Here!! wanders off into no particular direction muttering to self |
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Post by MyNewHobby on Feb 2, 2009 20:40:40 GMT -5
Can I get some extra credit homework to replace the fact that I still HAVE NOT figured this dam thing out??!!!
;D
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Post by MyNewHobby on Feb 3, 2009 15:58:48 GMT -5
Okey Dokey ......... I am going to try solving these two (four and five star) ...
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Post by MyNewHobby on Feb 5, 2009 17:07:41 GMT -5
Just FYI ...
I am determined to finish the last three puzzles by the 17th!!!
The rest of you crazies can duke it out!! ;D
Approaching these from a different point of view is making it a bit easier, but .... after a while they are all a blur ....
Oh ya .... while I was in college I learned that if you had the $$ (I never had the guts) you could buy term papers ... Amazingly enough ... I came across this ad!!
I found it in a weekly puzzle magazine ...
Tired of seeing the same grid everyday?
Tired of seeing the same letters swimming in and out of your vision?
Tired of having to make midnight runs to Staples and Starbucks?
Are you mesmerized or mortified by a grid master who snickers madly?
I'd give them a call, but someone tore the number right out of the magazine!!
Lady B - You Rock!!!!
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Post by Lady B on Feb 5, 2009 18:32:07 GMT -5
WOW!! I would have loved to see that newspaper ad before the number got torn out! I've been getting some hang-up calls and now I'm wondering if someone posted my home number!!  BTW: It has been pointed out to me by several people that the Internet does have sites that will automatically solve a Sudoku. I already knew that. Not a problem, really, since RTHers would never " cheat". And the final puzzle has 256 cells instead of the traditional 81! ;D Kate |
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