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
A cut diamond sparkles because of its high refractive index.
Because of high refractive index, the light suffers total internal reflections many times.
Hence the option B is the right answer

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