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minus-squarestephen01kinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoBut 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.
minus-squareTheEighthDoctorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoYou can only observe the external properties since you are on the outside
minus-squarestephen01kinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoBy that logic, glass mirrors also work by refraction, because it refracts out of the glass before it reaches your eye.
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.
You can only observe the external properties since you are on the outside
By that logic, glass mirrors also work by refraction, because it refracts out of the glass before it reaches your eye.
The silver reflects tho