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Sparkling Brilliance of Diamond

The total internal reflection of light is used in polishing diamonds to create a sparking briliance. By polishing the diamond with specific cuts, it is adjusted so that most of the light rays approaching the surface are incident with an angle of incidence more than critical angle. hence they suffer multiple reflections and ultimatley come out of the diamond from the top. This gives the diamond a sparkling brilliance.
The following diagram shows the same diamond cut in two different shapes.

The brilliance of diamond in the second diamond will be:

A

(a) less than the first

B

(b) greater than first

C

(c) same as first

D

(d) will depend on the intensity of light.

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