Gentian's Photographic Misadventures

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What lovely pics, thank you so much for sharing! I hope you had a wonderful time together. Nice to bring the towel too! That's a good idea.

This is my favorite though

...are gemstones!

Very cool, most of these I've only glimpsed in jewelry store windows, and even then, never saw any large enough to really shine, but sweet Celestia, do these ever shine!

In the vertical cases, the are, clockwise from top left: topaz, turquoise, opal, diamond, aquamarine, emerald ruby, and sapphire.
In the left table case, which contains man-made stones, they are, in the same order: alexandrite, ruby, sapphire, and emerald.
In the right table-case (natural stones): emerald, sapphire, ruby, alexandrite, diamond