Colonel Meow is a Himalayan Persian known for his unique & interesting fluffy coat and intense facial expressions. The cat rose to internet fame after being featured on the internet news site The Daily What in September 2012.

On Thursday evening, Meow’s owner announced that the feline, who was two years old, died on Wednesday evening for causes not yet released.

There is an endless bounty of eye-catching gemstones throughout the world and this spectacular boulder opal is one unique beauty that looks like a shimmering crystal encased in a tree fossil. Its opalescent sheen seeps through the cracks of the seemingly wooden rings in lustrous hues of emerald green and aqua blue. Like something out of a fairy tale, the triangular piece radiates through an organic pattern mimicking the growth rings of tree.

A security guard tries to separate a boy who hugs India's captain Rohit Sharma, right, after invading the field of play during the second one-day international cricket match between India and New Zealand in Raipur, India, Saturday, January 21, 2023. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

School teachers and staff members take part during an active shooter training at James I. O'Neill High School in Highland Falls, New York, U.S., December 12, 2017. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Bronn, a Dutch shepherd, launches 22 feet, 6 inches, during the Dock Dogs Outdoor Big Air for the GoPro Mountain Games, Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Lionshead Village in Vail, Colo. The big air is always a crowd favorite as dogs can fly nearly 30 feet in distance through the air. (Photo by Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP Photo)

Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Tuesday, December 1, 2020. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)

A woman reacts to the sun coming out of the clouds during the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York, U.S. April 21, 2019. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Reuters)

Abbey Clancy attends Lifetime's launch of Britain's Next Top Model airing tonight at 9pm on Lifetime on March 16, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by PA Wire)