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Cut and polished diamonds both shine and reflect under available light.
No. Diamonds reflect any available light, including moonlight, starlight and other ambient light. If you were deep within a cave without light -- in absolute darkness -- your diamond would not shine.
In complete darkness, devoid of any light -- deep within a cave, for example -- no diamond will 'shine'. Every diamond, however, will reflect and refract ambient light, even if it is simply moonlight or starlight.
The only time a diamond would shine in the dark would be if in a dark room it was exposed to Ultraviolet Light which humans cannot see.Another AnswerBe aware that the only 'dark' where a gemstone diamond wouldn't shine is in a cave or in a closet with zero light.A cut and polished diamond is designed to capture whatever light is available and reflect and refract it back into your eyes. A diamond will sparkle under starlight, moonlight, candlelight and other low-light sources.
In absolute darkness, for example, inside a closed cave, a diamond would not be visible. A diamond depends on a light source in order to reflect and refract light. Any ambient light, from the moon, or a streetlight or candlelight will be picked up by a diamond and cause it to shine.
Planets shine because they reflect light from the sun.
Diamond has a much greater refractive index than glass. When light falls on a diamond piece, it is reflected inside the piece many times. This makes the diamond shine.
No. Diamonds reflect any available light, including moonlight, starlight and other ambient light. If you were deep within a cave without light -- in absolute darkness -- your diamond would not shine.
In complete darkness, devoid of any light -- deep within a cave, for example -- no diamond will 'shine'. Every diamond, however, will reflect and refract ambient light, even if it is simply moonlight or starlight.
The only time a diamond would shine in the dark would be if in a dark room it was exposed to Ultraviolet Light which humans cannot see.Another AnswerBe aware that the only 'dark' where a gemstone diamond wouldn't shine is in a cave or in a closet with zero light.A cut and polished diamond is designed to capture whatever light is available and reflect and refract it back into your eyes. A diamond will sparkle under starlight, moonlight, candlelight and other low-light sources.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond was created on 1975-09-15.
The answer for their brightness is the refractive index of them. the light which inters the diamond does not come out because of total internal reflection into air whose refractive index is close to vacuum's i.e 1. hence diamonds shine a lot. It has a lot to do with the cut. A good cut allows it to reflect light.
In absolute darkness, for example, inside a closed cave, a diamond would not be visible. A diamond depends on a light source in order to reflect and refract light. Any ambient light, from the moon, or a streetlight or candlelight will be picked up by a diamond and cause it to shine.
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Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine was created in 1997.
Rihanna sings Shine Bright like a Diamond.
Planets shine because they reflect light from the sun.
They don't, but they can reflect sunlight.