A cut diamond sparkles because of its ___ .

Hardness

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High refractive index

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Emission of light by the diamond

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Absorption of light by the diamond

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Solution

The correct option is B
High refractive index

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.

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