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'Shine' is an observed, subjective judgement, and you are the judge.

At least two characteristics are involved in gemstone shine: cut/ clarity of the stone and the innate refractive index of each.

A flawless diamond of an excellent cut is impossible to match in terms of gemstone shine. Both emeralds and rubies are valued on colour, then on clarity or cut.

Practically, diamond has a high refractive index 2.4 according to "Standard refractive index measurements taken at yellow doublet sodium D line, with a wavelength of 589 nanometres"1. Ruby measures 1.76 and emerald measures 1.57.

You can compare gemstones and the refractive index of each, below.

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1 Wikipedia: List of Refractive Indices

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