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Test of the Bijou
From A Tale in the Desert
Principles
- Cut a Queen's Tomb Turquoise
- Cut a Queen's Tomb Amethyst
- Build a Scholar's Gem Cutting Table
- Design a Challenge Cut and open it for Judging
- Have 7 Judges Solve and Rate your Bijou
- Design Rated Good by most judges
Demonstrate the Principle
- Have learned Fine Balance??
Demonstrated by Malard in Saqqarah on 2009-04-11.
Scholar's Gem Cutting Table
- 12 Small Gears
- 60 Rope
- 6 Cut Stone
- 24 Steel Wire
- 6 White Sand
- 1 Hornet's Wing Granite
- 1 Queen's Tomb Turquoise
- 1 Queen's Tomb Amethyst
Once the table is built, design a unique gem cut (no actual cuttable gems are required) and open it for judging.
Bijou Locations
- Green for recognized (passed) puzzles (use "Gr" prefix on pin)
- Red for unrecognized (unpassed) puzzles (use "Rd" prefix on pin)
| Region | Coordinates | Designer | Passed | Remarks | RL Date opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saqqarah | 787, -782 | Fryoj | No | East of CS in Pyramid Compound | ||
| Saqqarah | 787, -785 | Nicole | No | East of CS in Pyramid Compound | ||
| Shabbat Ab | 1373, 1661 | Lill | No | South of CS near SArt | 4-19-09 | |
| Shabbat Ab | 1458, 1998 | McArine | Yes | Close to UArch | ||
| Adn | 953, 7675 | Shiva | Yes | North in Adn | ||
| NP | -1559, 2534 | Voyna | No | Near S Thought | ||
| NP | -1559, 2882 | Ikuu | No | West of SArch near CS | ||
| Queen's Retreat | 612, -6154 | oicurtis | No | East of the CS | ||
| Queen's Retreat | 611, -6154 | Traak | No | East of the CS - "Superman" | ||
| Meroe | 841, -3628 | Malard | No | Just north of the CS | ||
| Meroe | 836, -3628 | Oni | No | Just north of the CS | ||
| Meroe | 834, -3623 | Thera | No | Just north of the CS | ||
| Meroe | 781, -3631 | Xasis | No | West of the CS | 4-12-09 | |
| Meroe | 784, -3631 | Rexi | No | West of the CS | 4-12-09 | |
| Meroe | 785, -3631 | Astrina | No | West of the CS | 4-12-09 | |
| Meroe | 787, -3631 | Coyan | No | West of the CS | 4-12-09 | |
| Meroe | 787, -3630 | Amdara | No | West of the CS | 4-18-09 | |
| Meroe | 785, -3630 | Simon | No | West of the CS | 4-16-09 | |
| Meroe | 833, -3670 | Nkuku | No | few coords SE of the CS | ||
| Meroe | 830, -3670 | Niut | No | few coords SE of the CS |
