Give reason for lustrous nature of diamond?

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Dear student, Diamond is a very dense and transparent substance making the angle for total internal reflection comparitively less, due to the high precision cuts we make in the diamond light goes inside bounces around a lot and when it escapes it hits our eye making it sparks. Regards

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Lustre is the shine of a material.

(a) What are Lustrous objects? Give examples

(b) What are non-lustrous objects? Give examples

(c) Name a non-metal that is lustrous in nature (HINT: it is the hardest known material).

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Which of the following material is not lustrous?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Wood
(d) Diamond

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