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stephen01king@lemmy.zip 3 months agoIsn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.
Comment on idijt
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 3 months agoIsn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I considered that, though the play of prismatic colors which defines the diamond’s unique lustre, in addition to that same tendency toward internal reflection, are both ultimately caused by the extraordinary refractory properties of the crystal structure, and the refracted light coming out of the diamond after internal reflection is the constituent of the “shine”