Some bright daylight close-ups (except the last one which is not a close-up and does have flash.)
Yellow topaz; actual length just > 1.4cm. If you are looking at this on your PC you should see it magnified to several diameters.
The same synthetic ruby appears in the next three pictures, zoomed progressively larger.
Synthetic ruby I. Windowsill gives an idea of scale
Synthetic ruby II
Here a new player makes her entrance. The paw gives an idea of scale.
Hey everyone, it's a cat circus!
And lastly here's another cat picture:
She totally relaxes this way, all the time. We told her that the ancient Egyptians held cats to be divine creatures of noble comportment, but you know how it is with cats. In one ear and out the other.
(Note: I still haven't learned to take decent pics with the flash; where it is the only or primary light source the shots usually come out overexposed and not so well focused as in daylight.)
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