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A cut diamond sparkles because of its |
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a) |
Hardness |
b) |
High refractive index |
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c) |
Emission of light by the diamond |
d) |
Absorption of light by the diamond |
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A cut diamond sparkles because of its |
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a) |
Hardness |
b) |
High refractive index |
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c) |
Emission of light by the diamond |
d) |
Absorption of light by the diamond |
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(b) Due to high refractive index its critical angle is very small so that most of the light incident on the diamond is total internally reflected repeatedly and diamond sparkles |