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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But isn't their shine mostly due to the internal reflection rather than external refraction? That's why the gems are cut angularly, to help with the internal reflection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can only observe the external properties since you are on the outside

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

By that logic, glass mirrors also work by refraction, because it refracts out of the glass before it reaches your eye.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The silver reflects tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

And so does the internal surface of a diamond.